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    • Rich O BrienR Online
      Rich O Brien Moderator
      last edited by

      ProfileBuillder would be a good option.

      Or CurviLoft

      CurviLoft to make profiles follow a curve in SketchUp

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      • jo-keJ Offline
        jo-ke
        last edited by

        I am using profile builder 1 but there is no option for rails

        http://www.zz7.de

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        • Rich O BrienR Online
          Rich O Brien Moderator
          last edited by

          I can't remember v1 but v3 has an Along Path option that has rudinmentary support for branching paths.

          Using ProfileBuilder 3 in SketchUp to draw train rails

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          • jo-keJ Offline
            jo-ke
            last edited by jo-ke

            I need a path in the middle and two rails (special profile) left and right, to follow the path.

            rail.jpg

            http://www.zz7.de

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            • jo-keJ Offline
              jo-ke
              last edited by jo-ke

              next project

              photo:
              rhb1018-p1030023-1018-kl.jpg

              SU:
              depot-düw-su3w.jpg

              Render:
              Color_photography_of_an_old_202605272304pp.jpg

              rhb-düw-pp-st.jpg

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              • Mike AmosM Offline
                Mike Amos
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                Curviloft does a good job to be fair, not sure why you need anything else. Upright extruder perhaps (Or whatever it is called now).

                Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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                • Rich O BrienR Online
                  Rich O Brien Moderator @jo-ke
                  last edited by Rich O Brien

                  @jo-ke said:

                  I need a path in the middle and two rails (special profile) left and right, to follow the path.

                  With Curviloft the profiles can be offset from the path...

                  Profile offset from Path using CurviLoft

                  That does mean you need to do each side as a separate operation.

                  Or with ProfileBuilder 3 (or above) you could make an Assembly with a mix of Profiles and objects like bolts to do it in one sweep.

                  SketchUp_vZFjUGLOX5.gif

                  TIG's Extrusion Tools would do it too similar to CurviLofts approach.

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                  • jo-keJ Offline
                    jo-ke
                    last edited by

                    the newer version of profile builder seems to be a good tool.

                    Is it possible to insert an own profile?

                    http://www.zz7.de

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                    • jo-keJ Offline
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                      last edited by

                      1123-su.jpg

                      rhb1123-pp-st.jpg

                      depot-düw002.jpg

                      depot-düw-pp-st.jpg

                      http://www.zz7.de

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                      • jo-keJ Offline
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                        last edited by

                        rnv-duewag-rhb1123-2.jpg

                        rhb1123-1217-ai-pp.jpg

                        http://www.zz7.de

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                        • Mike AmosM Offline
                          Mike Amos
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                          Wunderbar.

                          Absentia mortis praesentiam vitae probat, vita autem est argumentum constantiae.

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                          • Rich O BrienR Online
                            Rich O Brien Moderator @jo-ke
                            last edited by

                            @jo-ke said:

                            the newer version of profile builder seems to be a good tool.

                            Is it possible to insert an own profile?

                            Sorry, I missed your query.

                            Yes, you can create a library of custom profiles.

                            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp 📖

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