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   daverichards | Nov 22, 2007 08:11pm | #1

   Happy Thanksgiving!

   Here you go. From the left.

   Curve profile drawn on one face of the leg. Also drawn as a separate entity away from the leg at 90°.

   Push/Pull the profile through to create the first curve.

   Push the second profile through. Select the leg and the extruded profile, right click and choose Intersect with selected.

   Delete the waste.

   For some reason I couldn't get the upload here to work so try this link.

   http://groups.google.com/group/SketchUp/web/danish_leg_test%5B1%5D.skp

    

   Dave

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   daverichards | Nov 25, 2007 04:31pm | #4

   I see that link wasn't very useful.

   Here it is directly.

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   Slivers Dave | Nov 25, 2007 06:27am | #2

   I too have been looking for one tool that I use in other CAD programs for Bezier curves. I read about a ruby script to do it, but I can not seem to get it to work. Can any one help?

   Genius is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
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   daverichards | Nov 25, 2007 04:16pm | #3

   I assume you have the Bezier plugin installed?

   To use it, you choose Bezier curves from the Draw menu. Choose the Degree in the VCB--default is 3 but you can change it. Click the first endpoint, then the last. Next click for the intermediate points. For a three degree curve, you'll end up clicking a total of four times. If you wish to edit the curve, select it, right click and choose Edit Bezier curve. Move the points or the lines between the points as desired.

   When I am trying to draw a 2D Bezier curve, I find it helpful to draw the curve on a large face and I use guides to give me an idea of where I want the points to be.

   Does that help?

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   Slivers Dave | Nov 26, 2007 08:10pm | #5

   Dave

   I am not sure I loaded the right script, can you direct me to the proper location?

   DaveGenius is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.

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   daverichards | Nov 26, 2007 08:18pm | #6

   Lets see if this works for you.

   Copy the attached file into Google SketchUp 6/Plugins and then change TXT to RB so the file name is BEZIER.rb

   Next open SketchUp and look in the Draw menu for an entry called Bezier Curves. Select it. The label on the VCB should say "Degree". You should be able to go from there but let me know.

    

   Dave

   
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   Slivers Dave | Nov 30, 2007 12:24am | #7

   Dave

   Did as you instructed, and it does not show up under draw, so my next question is it because I am using the shareware version and not the full version.Genius is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.

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   daverichards | Nov 30, 2007 01:55am | #8

   Nope. It doesn't. This script should work with the free version as well as with the pro version.

   I'll send you an e-mail.

   Dave

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   DonaldCBrown | Nov 30, 2007 02:58am | #9

   Dave-I also had difficulty getting the Bezier Ruby script available for use. My problem was self-inflicted; I use OSX, and Sketchup remains active after I exit the program unless I deliberately tell it to quit. A new Ruby script will be available only when Sketchup is started afresh, and I had forgotten to make the program quit so I could restart it.Bezier.rb also requires that sketchup.rb be installed, and I had to download that.Good luck,Don

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   daverichards | Nov 30, 2007 03:09am | #10

   Don, you shouldn't have needed to download sketchup.rb since it is included in the package. It doesn't live in the plugins folder but rather the Tools directory.

   Your comment however did trigger a thought for Dave. Go to Preferences (on PC it's under Window, on Mac under SketchUp when you have the program open.) and Extensions. Click the boxes you find there. Next close SketchUp and as Don points out Apple+Q to quit it entirely. Open SketchUp again and check the Draw menu.

   SketchUp only looks through the Plugins folder during opening to see which scripts to load. If you install a new plugin while SU is open, you'll have to quit and reopen for it to show up as a menu item.

   Edited 11/29/2007 7:10 pm ET by DaveRichards

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   DonaldCBrown | Nov 30, 2007 03:50am | #11

   Dave-By George, you're right. I just opened the Tools folder, and there it was.I downloaded sketchup.rb when I didn't see it in the plugins folder, but that was when I was flailing around because I had not quit and reopened Sketchup.Thanks for the advice.Don

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   daverichards | Nov 30, 2007 03:53am | #12

   Don, glad to help. I think, if you haven't done so, you should remove it from the Plugins folder. There is a potential for a conflict if there are two copies of it hanging around.

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   Slivers Dave | Dec 01, 2007 05:10am | #13

   Dave/Don

   That's it, I have Sketchup loaded on a few machines and the one I tried did not have the plugins checked under Windows/ preferences.

   Thanks guysGenius is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.