@tig said:
The 'line' you are asked to pick initially needs to be parallel to the Red axis and it should not touch anything else. BUT YOU HAVE IT TOUCHING THE VERY OBJECT THAT YOU WANT TO BEND! It might 'work'... but it will/might give unpredictable results, with no preview before bending!
Your supplied SKP has two lines parallel to the Red axis; ONE of these touches nothing, so it will work! USE THAT.
The length of the 'line' and the 'arc', and the location of them relative to the object that's to be bent will affect the 'bending' - experiment with some different settings...
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See, THAT'S what I don't get. In I did it just like he did in the video. I drew the line right from one end of the component to the other: Just like he did on his demonstration ramp. But here you are telling me to use the dummy line I created?
I've tried doing it like you suggested. I select the component, click the shape bender Icon, and it asks me to "Please select a single line that lies on the Red Axis". But then it won't let me click on the separate line. And then when I try to select them like he did in the video (Select the line, Select the component, click Shape bender) I get this error message:
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Perhaps it is clashing with another plug in...should I provide a screen shot with my plugins list?
@tig said:
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Incidentally, please 'purge' SKPs before attaching them.
Model Info > Statistics > Purge Unused... OR my Purge-Tool
The original in 2.55Mb but purged it's only 28kb !
You must have had some complex components and materials unused?
Here's what was not needed in the posted SKP:
C:/Users/TIG/Desktop/Shape Bender test-PurgeLog.txt
Purged Unused...
Components: 8
Component#3
Component#2
light-point-2
ivyleaf_3
ivyleaf_2
ivyleaf_1
Component#1
Susan
Layers: 0
Materials: 12
black
<Beige>1
Color_B24
<LightGray>
0135_DarkGray
96,96,96
jean blue
<Charcoal>
efeu1
Color_F12#1
Ivy2d#1
Ivy_stem
Styles: 0
#EOF
And as for purging my SKP, I have no idea where those textures and such came from! I didn't import any components or even USE the bucket tool. Just rectangle, pencil, arch and push/pull! SKP is now purged.
How do you get that purge log?