[Plugin] FredoBend - v1.... - 25 Mar 26

[fredo6]

With FredoBend v1.2b, you can normally keep the quad properties by turning off:

• Slicing
• remove coplanar edge
• soften edges

Here is a video showing the process.

FredoBends - Quads.mp4

Here is the test file. Tell me if this is OK.

test quads 2.skp

[fredo6]

@AISmebel said:

I also want to suggest that after using the plug-in, the components do not deform, bend in shape and retain their component properties

I don't understand what you mean.

The component / group property is kept. If you bend a component. the output is a component. Same for subcomponents.

However, all the content of the container is made unique, because bending is not a transformation but a creation of geometry. This has nothing to do with slicing.

[panixia]

@fredo6 said:

I also want to suggest that after using the plug-in, the components do not deform, bend in shape and retain their component properties

I don't understand what you mean.

Wow, I realize that I didn't understand correctly the proposal, so I retreat my + 20 on this.
Because you basically can't do that in Sketchup (you'd need some sort of modifier system similar to the 3dsMax one to accomplish this).
I understood that he was talking about a non-slicing behavior instead (which would be preferable).

[panixia]

@AISmebel said:

I would like to ask you to share this interesting plugin. I created a lot of interesting things myself with the help of Claude. It's interesting to see what others are doing.

It's currently in the last (I hope so) alpha stage, I'll need to fix a couple of edge cases before it can go beta.

[AISmebel]

@fredo6 said:

Вот тестовый файл. Скажите, пожалуйста, всё ли в порядке.

тестовые квадрокоптеры 2.skp

2.mp4

[AISmebel]

@fredo6 said:

Я не понимаю, что вы имеете в виду.

Свойство компонента/группы сохраняется. Если вы изгибаете компонент, на выходе получается компонент. То же самое относится и к подкомпонентам.

Однако всё содержимое контейнера уникально, поскольку изгибание — это не трансформация, а создание геометрии. Это не имеет ничего общего с разрезанием.

Perhaps I did not state my thought correctly, perhaps I got confused in the terms, or perhaps my translator did not translate it correctly) I want to say the following: when we use a plugin, is it possible not to deform the component so that the component does not lose its connection with its own kind? As an example in the video, I used the Copy Along Curve plugin. He arranged the components in an arc without deforming or making the components unique.

3.mp4

[fredo6]

Plugins like Copy Along Curve just move and rotate the objects to position them along the curve. So, this is not really bending and it is another use case.

For FredoBend, it is possible to add an option where only the top container is modified, leaving the sub-container not deformed.