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by emills2
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:22 am
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Silk: a NURBS workbench
Replies: 307
Views: 74411

Re: Silk: a NURBS workbench

how is the best path to get solids out of silk surfaces . Capture d’écran 2024-02-07 à 23.03.37.pngCapture d’écran 2024-02-07 à 22.56.18.png you might find page 24 of this thread of interest. It covers cuts, solids, and offsets. https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?t=23243&start=210 also, a ...
by emills2
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:08 am
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Silk: a NURBS workbench
Replies: 307
Views: 74411

Re: Silk: a NURBS workbench

As a self followup, my best pick to build solid from Silk surface ate the moment are : I'm glad you found the method. I do the same type of thing. if i'm just trying to close a gap (as opposed to sculpting), i use Part ShapeBuilder, Curves WB, or one of the Surface workbench tools. Curves WB is the...
by emills2
Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Silk: a NURBS workbench
Replies: 307
Views: 74411

Re: Silk: a NURBS workbench

hammax wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:12 pm ... now it works => after AddonManager gave me the correct update v.0.1.5
Thanks again !!!

Silk_Flow.PNG
good. let me know if you get something useful out of the tool. i know it's not the type of control you were asking for, but maybe it can help.
by emills2
Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:03 pm
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Silk: a NURBS workbench
Replies: 307
Views: 74411

Re: Silk: a NURBS workbench

updated SilkWB version v.0.1.4 : ok, now it seems lined up to the next release number, and addon manager is no longer trying to install old versions and calling them updates. Hammax, could you please try updating again and posting a snapshot of what the toolbar looks like for you? Untitled 2.png
by emills2
Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:45 pm
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Silk: a NURBS workbench
Replies: 307
Views: 74411

Re: Silk: a NURBS workbench

... many thanks for the explanations. Win_10_64 FC.21 updated SilkWB version v.0.1.4 : Clicking ControlGrid44_4 and then Rotate (and some other variations) Cant't get the rotate feature working - no reaction. Silk_Rotate.PNG the icons should look like this, so it's clearly missing on yours (the too...
by emills2
Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:02 pm
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Silk: a NURBS workbench
Replies: 307
Views: 74411

Re: Silk: a NURBS workbench

the reason i'm writing tools like these before a tool that makes the inner points directly editable is parametric updating. it is ridiculously easy to allow the parameters to be edited, but then i have to decide what to do if the underlying polys change. i'm considering all kinds of things like sca...
by emills2
Sat Sep 16, 2023 10:53 pm
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Silk: a NURBS workbench
Replies: 307
Views: 74411

Re: Silk: a NURBS workbench

... trying to layout a model yacht's sail with the SilkWB, instead of using scaled profiles under Loft or Gordon. The grid displays a vector and a weight table under DataTab. In other tools you can edit such tables - in Silk it doesn't work ??? Silk_Tabelle_1_k.png It is possible to perform some &q...
by emills2
Sat Aug 26, 2023 9:30 pm
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: FreeCAD NURBS object - collecting ideas about implementing it.
Replies: 15
Views: 1844

Re: FreeCAD NURBS object - collecting ideas about implementing it.

as far as i know, the NURBS representation is the real representation of the surface. the whole axis/center/diameter business is a higher level layer that allows us to specify that this NURBS surface is actually mapped exactly to what we call a cylinder. but the cylinder cannot exist (as an actual ...
by emills2
Sat Aug 26, 2023 7:29 pm
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: FreeCAD NURBS object - collecting ideas about implementing it.
Replies: 15
Views: 1844

Re: FreeCAD NURBS object - collecting ideas about implementing it.

no, it does work. i had just dug too deep for no reason the first time around can convert cylinder.png as far as i know, the NURBS representation is the real representation of the surface. the whole axis/center/diameter business is a higher level layer that allows us to specify that this NURBS surfa...
by emills2
Sat Aug 26, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: FreeCAD NURBS object - collecting ideas about implementing it.
Replies: 15
Views: 1844

Re: FreeCAD NURBS object - collecting ideas about implementing it.

...and the few that may have a more direct internal representation not based on NURBS, can be converted to NURBS... well that was wrong in an interesting way[nope. corrected next post], apparently cylinders, and cones, which are absolutely NURBS under the hood, will not return the NURBS version. I ...