OK, so a student sent me this file: she was having problems push-pulling the hole on the front face through the face and getting a clean result—the hole would not appear on the back face. I tried everything to get a result: I managed in the end, but it was a real arseache.

Can anyone else see what the problem is here? Is this a known bug? Or am I just not seeing something?

Edit; BTW, is anyone else having problems orbiting & panning this file? I keep constantly getting lockups & the spinning beachball.

Inges_Problem_Orig.skp

I've just installed libfredo and fredo scale...

I've got a set of gruops that I've duplcated. When I use fredoscale on one group (at the top level'), all the groups have the scale applied to them.

In the outliner, all my groups are displayed in RED.

WTF?

Or use Rapidshare.com or YouSendIt.com to transfer the file...

@arail1 said:

Notice the orientation of the top rectangle in these examples.
I would take your chair frame and tilt it 30 degrees, extrude and then rotate it back into position.

Hah! Lateral thinking at its best! I love it!

Sure, TIG... here you go:

I should probably attach the .skp too:

iPod-touch-SUC.skp

@tig said:

I'd use FollowMe for this as it's pretty simple ?[attachment=0:1o4wejcd]<!-- ia0 -->Capture.PNG<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1o4wejcd]
PS: Your axes are upside down !

Which is exactly what I'd done in the linked post... it's just that the rounding produced isn't too good: there are kinks at the corners that I'd like to get rid of.

So what would you suggest is the right e-by- plugin to sweep the attached profile round the curve? I want to see if I can get a smoother result than with the Follow Me tool (see my iPod Thread here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=27988)

iPod-touch-EEbyFace.skp

Cheers, xrok...

And TIG... you win an internet:

BTW, I'm assuming that weld.rb aligns the polyline so that all its segments are in the same direction?

OK, cheers, TIG...

Frenchy... mais j'ai pas de tooltips (sous MacOS X)... pas du tout!

This is becoming a 'mare...

All I want is a robust, no-hassle extrude-along-path solution for my students... FMAK works, but doesn't smooth the resulting extrusion and 1001bit...

TIG, will try your suggestions... how do I weld the path? Is that a plug-in?

Frenchy... when you say 'torsions'... Have I drawn the various curves in different directions? (Tooltips? I don't got no stinkin' tooltips...)

xrok... indeed...

I've made an iPod Touch using the Follow Me tool:

This is how:

Then group, mirror, copy, explode, erase, smooth...

But is there a better way? One that gets the double-curve back completely smooth? Maybe using plug-ins?

TIA

Thanks, TIG... I can do it with FollowMe and FMAK... the specific question was why 1001bit can't do it.

Done.

I've posted on the 1001bit forum but got no replies, so maybe someone here can help?

Breuer Chair Tryout.skp

I go through the procedure of choosing the profile, then selecting the end of the path and...nothing happens, apart from an empty group appearing in the Outliner.

Anyone got any ideas?

TIA,

@tim danaher said:

@unknownuser said:

i really don't know what's going on there Tim and i don't have FAK.rb installed anymore but i tried it with the 1001bit extrude and it worked out..
that said, we're talking a $30 tool set vs. a free plugin so...

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Thanks, Jeff -- Nice result... will have to pony up the dosh, then...

Hah! No I won't... the developers have made it free for academic use, and since I teach SU at a design school...

@unknownuser said:

@tim danaher said:

I'm not having much luck with this at all...

Trying to sweep a spiral stair rail. I've got the path running smack through the midpoint of the balusters, and the profile lined up as centrally as possible, but the resulting handrail is never on the path.

The original path & Profile are in one group in the attached .skp, the resulting sweep in another...

Anyone point me to where I'm going wrong?

Ta,

i really don't know what's going on there Tim and i don't have FAK.rb installed anymore but i tried it with the 1001bit extrude and it worked out..
that said, we're talking a $30 tool set vs. a free plugin so...

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Thanks, Jeff -- Nice result... will have to pony up the dosh, then...

I'm not having much luck with this at all...

Trying to sweep a spiral stair rail. I've got the path running smack through the midpoint of the balusters, and the profile lined up as centrally as possible, but the resulting handrail is never on the path.

The original path & Profile are in one group in the attached .skp, the resulting sweep in another...

Anyone point me to where I'm going wrong?

Ta,

Spiral Stairs_Baluster.skp

Is FMAK supposed to smooth the result automatically?

I can't get this one to smooth -- the resulting sweep is nice, though...

FMAK_Profile.skp

Seriously?

And here's me trying to impress upon my students that they should always model at scale...

I'm trying to use 'Intersect' to create some stencil text on the back of this bloody iPod cover. However, when I hide the cutting group, there are all sorts of holes left over, and what's more, I can't repair them -- they never fill in, even using Triangles...

Is the iPod cover so badly formed, or is there something else...?

TIA,

Logo_Cutter.skp