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    [Plugin] FredoBend - v1.5a - 30 Jun 26

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    • fredo6F Offline
      fredo6
      last edited by

      Would you have the model, because I don't understand how the error can happen. Thanks

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      • fredo6F Offline
        fredo6
        last edited by

        NEW RELEASE: FredoBend v1.2g - 01 Apr 26

        Requirements

        • LibFredo6: v15.9a or above
        • Sketchup version: SU2017 and above

        FredoBend 1.2g is a maintenance release including:

        • Bug fixing for SU versions prior to SU2021.1

        Home Page of FredoBend for information and Download.

        Main post of this FredoBend thread.

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          powerglide @fredo6
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          @fredo6 Just checked it out, It works now! I am soo happy to have an extension like this for my line of work. Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication!!

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          • fredo6F Offline
            fredo6
            last edited by

            NEW RELEASE: FredoBend v1.2k - 09 Apr 26

            Requirements

            • LibFredo6: v15.9a or above
            • Sketchup version: SU2017 and above

            FredoBend 1.2k is a maintenance release including:

            • Bug fixing related to replicas

            Home Page of FredoBend for information and Download.

            Main post of this FredoBend thread.

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            • fredo6F Offline
              fredo6
              last edited by

              NEW RELEASE: FredoBend v1.2l - 10 Apr 26

              Requirements

              • LibFredo6: v15.9a or above
              • Sketchup version: SU2017 and above

              FredoBend 1.2l is a maintenance release including:

              • Major bug fixing related to directions

              Home Page of FredoBend for information and Download.

              Main post of this FredoBend thread.

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              • fredo6F Offline
                fredo6
                last edited by fredo6

                NEW RELEASE: FredoBend v1.3a - 01 May 26

                Requirements

                • LibFredo6: v15.9a or above
                • Sketchup version: SU2017 and above

                FredoBend 1.3a is a major release including:

                • Introduction of the Circular Bend tool
                • Adjustment of the bending algorithms
                • Bug fixing
                • Other evolutions

                Circular Bend: Overview


                Home Page of FredoBend for information and Download.

                Main post of this FredoBend thread.

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
                  last edited by

                  NEW RELEASE: FredoBend v1.3b - 04 May 26

                  Requirements

                  • LibFredo6: v15.9a or above
                  • Sketchup version: SU2017 and above

                  FredoBend 1.3b is a maintenance release including:

                  • Bug fixing for Circular Bend tool

                  Home Page of FredoBend for information and Download.

                  Main post of this FredoBend thread.

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                    Chris1219 Newcomers
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                    Hello!!

                    I am a user from Greece. Thanks for this amazing plugin.
                    Nevertheless I noticed that Circular bending deforms a little bit the object which I think is not convenient for the accuracy I don't know, is this a bad handle by me or is a small bug in the code? (I attach a screenshot trying to show what I mean).
                    Thanks for your attention in advance!!

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                    • fredo6F Offline
                      fredo6 @Chris1219
                      last edited by

                      @Chris1219

                      This is a choice you have to make.

                      There is a thread on this question in the Sketchup forum.

                      In your case, you can play with this parameter (Offset Mode)

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                        Chris1219 Newcomers @fredo6
                        last edited by

                        @fredo6 Hello!!

                        Thank you very much for the instructions. I choose Vertex-to-Vertex end everything is fine. Now I Know that I have two options to use.
                        I saw the topic in the forum and I somehow understood the mechanism of bending, and the difficulties that appears.
                        Thanks again!

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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          @fredo6
                          I think it's best for a bent object's geometry to follow a 'curve' and start perpendicular to the start/end segment. But if the path is a full circle the bending should start perpendicular to a mid-segment, to keep the objects 'endmost' dimensions correct: and if it's around an arc [partial circle] that's user-defined it should be treated like any other curve: but if it's a swept form around a notional partial-circular path, that should then start/end perpendicular to a half-segment - that way the bent form stays as dimensionally true as it can be.

                          TIG

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                          • fredo6F Offline
                            fredo6
                            last edited by

                            NEW RELEASE: FredoBend v1.4a - 20 Jun 26

                            Requirements

                            • LibFredo6: v15.9a or above
                            • Sketchup version: SU2017 and above

                            FredoBend 1.4a is a maintenance release including:

                            • Bug fixing
                            • Technical adjustments
                            • functional adjustments

                            Note that applying the Circular Bend tool to a component will impact all other instances. So, if this is not intended, please make sure you make the component instance unique before.


                            Home Page of FredoBend for information and Download.

                            Main post of this FredoBend thread.

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                            • fredo6F Offline
                              fredo6
                              last edited by

                              NEW RELEASE: FredoBend v1.5a - 30 Jun 26

                              Requirements

                              • LibFredo6: v15.9a or above
                              • Sketchup version: SU2017 and above

                              FredoBend 1.5a is a major release including:

                              • Introduction of the Dome tool
                              • Bug fixing
                              • Technical adjustments
                              • functional adjustments

                              Note that applying the Circular and Dome Bend tool to a component will impact all other instances. So, if this is not intended, please make sure you make the component instance unique before.


                              Home Page of FredoBend for information and Download.

                              Main post of this FredoBend thread.

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

                                @fredo6 Dome works great. Do you plan to add support to maintain UVs?

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                                • fredo6F Offline
                                  fredo6 @Rich O Brien
                                  last edited by

                                  @Rich-O-Brien said:

                                  @fredo6 Do you plan to add support to maintain UVs?

                                  Maybe, although I am not entirely sure there is a technical solution. What is sure is that it is not trivial and there will be an impact to performance.

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                                  • fredo6F Offline
                                    fredo6
                                    last edited by

                                    I really need to investigate deeper what is going on.

                                    The generation is done by deformation, that is, without creating geometry, just moving vertices.

                                    In the meantime, there is ThruPaint to correct the issues.

                                    FredoBend and UVs.mp4

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                                      jonorman
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi. Would editing radius be a possibility as well as angle ??

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                                      • fredo6F Offline
                                        fredo6 @jonorman
                                        last edited by

                                        @jonorman said:

                                        Hi. Would editing radius be a possibility as well as angle ??

                                        Yes. But are you sure you know what the radius value would be?

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                                          jonorman @fredo6
                                          last edited by

                                          @fredo6 Yes, it would be nice to either give angle value, or radius. Maybe following: If you change angel in the angle value, the radius automaticly update, and if you then if you change the radius value the angle value would update.. If that is possible. If this make sense πŸ™‚

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                                          • fredo6F Offline
                                            fredo6
                                            last edited by

                                            Yes, indeed. Rdaius and angle are related. My question is whether you know in your model what value of radius you would enter?

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