[Plugin] extrudeEdgesByEdges.rb

[Koosie van Tutte]

thanks a lot!

[AcesHigh]

TIG, very nice plugin... can you improve it to add the option for another rail "edge", thus effectively transforming it into a SWEEP 2 RAILS plugin??

[TIG]

TIG, very nice plugin... can you improve it to add the option for another rail "edge", thus effectively transforming it into a SWEEP 2 RAILS plugin??

It's on the list...

[Pilou]

seems one of the Moi's example above is 3 rails

[MALAISE]

Hi TIG

May you'll better understand as me that message. I loaded the V1.3, but no results
I reload the file.rb but get the same result.

ExtrudeEdgetoEdge__V1.3.png

Do you have the V1.2 somewhere ? ( It worked )

MALAISE

[TIG]

Malaise I've PM'd you about getting the skp sent so I can test it...

Are the selected just two groups of edges ?

[JClements]

Well TIG, this is a nice script and I hope sweep-two-rails can be done (keeping my fingers crossed ). It could be a big time saver for doing landscape/topographical, asymetrical surfaces.

[orei]

i hope sooo!!! wonderful script!!!

[MALAISE]

Hi All

I have encountered some strange behaviour of TIG' last Plugin. Have you notice that Experimental SketchyPhysic 3X may block ExtrudeEdges ?

Using SketchyPhysic 2 , no problem at all .... please let's share your comments


MALAISE

[TIG]

Don't see where the clash could be [yet] ?

[chango70]

TIG, very nice plugin... can you improve it to add the option for another rail "edge", thus effectively transforming it into a SWEEP 2 RAILS plugin??

It's on the list...

Drool...

[kerabe]

Wow, what a great plugin! Just downloaded it and have been playing around with it and I have had no real problems at all. Had to do some minor clean-up work but nothing unusual. Love it.

[TIG]

Version 1.4 is now out... viewtopic.php?p=166780#p166780
1.4 20090707 Triangulation improved [as my recent triangulate.rb]. Rare intersect glitch fixed.

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[Pilou]

Trivial problem
if the groups are on the full screen result is out of the screen an no possibity to see it before to reply all the box dialog!
So will be cool that an automatic resize exist before process
Sure I can zoom out but...

[mpowell1234567890]

Help, I cannot get it to work..

Plugin error.JPG

Is there a way to fix it?

EDIT:
1.1 20090625
Speed improvements - face making time ~halved,
typename >> kind_of?, triangulation glitch trapped
and orientation improved.
1.2 20090625
Orientation speed optimised.
Glitch on groups erase fixed.
1.3 20090626
Edges not facing in convoluted shapes trapped.
1.4 20090707
Triangulation improved. Rare intersect glitch fixed.
This is extrudeEdgesByEdges.rb - it does what its name implies...

ExtrudeEdgesByEdgesExample.png

ExtrudeEdgesByEdgesEsamples.skp

extrudeEdgesByEdges.rb

[TIG]

Help, I cannot get it to work..

Plugin error.JPG

Is there a way to fix it?

On the face of it, it looks like you aren't making a set of edges and grouping them as the 'profile', and also a set of edges and grouping them as the 'path'... Do this, then select the two groups and run the tool... The error message is telling you you haven't selected two groups...

If you have other problems then please expand in your explanation...

[TIG]

Here's v1.5 - It now Zooms to show the new group [at Pilou's request]
viewtopic.php?p=166780#p166780
...

[baz]

This is an astounding plugin, I've already found myself using it on lots of 'ordinary' tasks where usually I would have had to stuff around for ages with followme, copypaste, etc.
Thank you very much Tig.
Baz

[Pilou]

THX! Very reactive!

Edit
Seems there is something wrong in the "Zoom"

That don't work
zoom out must be made before the first dialog box "Orient faces"
Without that zoom don't work even at the end
(I have of course the 1.5)

[TIG]

Here's v1.6 viewtopic.php?p=166780#p166780
It fixes a glitch with large mesh group results not zooming properly so that you can see them all...
The way it works is that it selects the group, 'zooms selected' and then removes group from selection - fine for modest sized meshes BUT if the group is too large SUp hasn't found the selection to 'zoom to' before the selection is cleared... so I've put the 'remove from selection' part after the first dialog so it has time !

[Pilou]

Perfect zoom this time

[JClements]

TIG:

Is the result you wanted when erasing coplanar edges?

John

P.S.
JSClements is a temp login until I can get JClements restored.

[cyan.archnet]

really SUPERB plugin, THANKS A LOT!

[TIG]

TIG:
Is the result you wanted when erasing coplanar edges?
John
P.S.
JSClements is a temp login until I can get JClements restored.

Obviously not !
I will check on why this might be happening... I thought such things had all got trapped... watch out for an update !!!

[TIG]

Here's v1.7 viewtopic.php?p=166780#p166780
Some rare coplanar edge erasure errors have now been trapped...

[Pilou]

Seems you will be quiet only when your true sweep 2 rails will be born
Because the "stay parallel orientation" of curves is sometimes annoying for real forms

[TIG]

Pilou, patience !

[Pilou]

It's soon holiday so September will be Christmas surprise

[Fletch]

First, TIG, thank you so much for this awesome plugin! I've been begging Didier for years to write a Follow Me tool for Edges for a long time.

The only issue is that the edge remains in its original orientation as it follows the path, it does not re-orient to be perpendicualar to the edge line, or at least keep the original angle between them.

Please see attached to see what I mean, I am looking for a tool to create something like shown on the right of this image example.

if this tool is not intended to do what I'm looking for here, please ignore this post. thx.

[Pilou]

I have ask also Didier with his new Extrude along a vector for have the same fonction but...