Another plugin - edge extrusion

[decapod]

Mouldings on carriages was the original intended use, but there must be other uses.



It extrudes following the inner edge of a selected face, with an optional inner bevel.
Where you have multiple faces or select a whole object, common faces are extended to join.

Next will probably be either a filleting plugin or a better chamfer with radius and number of edges specified - both use similar maths.

Downloadable from this thread:
http://amabilis.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/ ... 1010917341

[dkightley]

Nice little plugin, Paul.

May I make a suggestion? Perhaps an option to include the inner faces of the object so that a space frame can be produced.

[decapod]

Good idea - I'll add it.

I may also add a face over the hole in the middle as an option.

[dkightley]

And here's an example of what the plugin could achieve...but remember there's some missing faces on this model at the moment. Less than five minutes work, though!!:

[franksandwell]

A good one Paul, it's so easy. As you mentioned, we need the ways and means to put a radius on the inside corners, then coach panelling will be made easy.

regards

Frank

[decapod]

Mark 2 with the optional inside face is now available (on the same link as above)

[decapod]

Found 1 or 2 bugs so far (try selecting a cone object and running the plugin)

- still working on a fix

[dkightley]

And an update to the quick build girder bridge:

[photons66]

That looks like the flying junction at Aynho Doug?

[dkightley]

Its not any specific bridge.

I just thought that the plugin could be used in this way....and simply created a sample model.

[wmalder]

Downloaded the plugin yesterday and had a somewhat complex bracket done in just a couple of minutes. I did notice one thing though, The bracket had to be inverted after building. Not a big problem and I suspect theres something wrong in the way I defined it. My biggest wish would be to have the opportunity to have the missing side added. I did fill that side by making a duplicate, inverted it, deleted all but the side I needed to add then boolean combined the two and welded the appropriate vertices. I did try the mirroring option but that left me with a lot of segments and points to delete.

[dkightley]

Paul has done an update to the plugin with the ability of filling in the inside faces. Compare the two shots above of the girder bridge...the first one has missing faces...the bottom one doesn't.

Look at the linked thread at Amabilis....and download the second download Paul has posted.

[wmalder]

Just used it to make a window frame and it works superbly. I can see getting quite a bit of use out of it. I also used it to make a brake wheel - I don't know yet if that was any easier but it was an interesting way of doing it.

[decapod]

I just found the bug - I need to calculate the circumcentre, not the centroid or orthocentre of the vectors in 3D space

I love re-learning maths.