EASY RAMPS in SKETCHUP with Curvishear by Fredo6!

In this video, learn to use curvishear, a tool contained in Fredo's

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Plugin Name – Curvishear
Plugin Developer – Fredo6
Plugin Cost – Free
Where can you get it?
You can download it from the SketchUcation extension warehouse
Tool Functions
Today’s tool is a fairly simple tool from Fredo6 designed to help you shear curves in your SketchUp models. This can be useful for many things, but it really helps you take curves and shear them up.
This can be especially useful for the creation of ramps.
The way it works is that you select a single curve, or a closed curve loop, then run Curvishear to shear the shape up, creating a ramp shape.
One thing to note is if you have a curve made up of multiple edges, you may consider welding the edges together to create a single curve – otherwise you might get errors.
You can set both the start and end elevations of your ramp.
Fredo recommends coupling this extension with the Skinning application contained within Curviloft in order to create ramps with skins.
You can also shear up single curves.
You can also use this to shear up closed curves, like a circle.

[Cavolfipriecapperi]

Thank you, you saved me from hours of stress, bless you

[lawrenceelliott]

Hi Justin I was wondering if you know of a plugin similar to this which allows you to create a ramp to a specified slope? For example if i drew a line and specified a 1:12 slope the plugin would generate a slope along that line at 1:12.
Cheers

[ammaryousaf]

I learn lot of things from your videos

[Jared_Evans]

Hey Justin!

I'm new to your channel and so far I love it! I'm an archaeologist who specializes in recreating ancient architectural models in Sketchup for museums and universities. One thing I wanted to ask, and I know you're not covering it in this video, is if you know how to take a 3D object and translate it to a 2D object while retailing the details. My example being a fluted Greek column that I've made that I need to have be a pilaster (the false, flat columns that jut out from walls as decoration). I can't find an extension for something like that exactly, something like a reverse Flowify, and was wondering if you had some idea.

Thank you for all of the amazing videos, ideas, and help!

[sadalikith]

thank you so much sir, It helped me a lot. All tutorials by you are very helpful

[sudheeshs]

can u make a tutorial to make a ramp with some straight and some curve..?

[nidhiraijain]

Curviloft plugin is not available on the link mentioned. Can you help?

[chaniyararuchi]

How to add an thickness that we want to the circular ramp??
Your videos are very helpful
Can you guide me for this question

[tcalucknow]

how do i tell it where to start ramp from and end of the ramp. right it is picking the start and end of ramps and creating reversed ramps. any help will be much appreciated
thanks

[kratikasharma]

The video was great but can you make one on designing a cantilever ramp

[divyach]

Hi! I've been trying to make a ramp that is not made of curves but has rounded fillets. When I try to use the curvishear, It extrudes lines from the fillet, like weld doesn't seem to work. what should I do in that case?

[bonborromeo]

Hello, this works for me thank you very much sir!! But my problem is, I'm working on with a slope that have a different width from top height to base, and it keeps on making a top height on the other side which I don't want, any idea on how to solve this problem?

[STEVEJOY]

Looks like an easy way to make threads: Using the circle then stacking them (*20), then Scale tool to squish threads. Thanks

[bahaeeddinerafiq]

Hello sir I have a question. If we have a curves with different higher? What plugin we should use .
Thank you

[OmarElshamy]

There is a problem.. i dont know why but the curve loop starts from the middle of the wire not from end to end ! how to fix?

[doramiller]

Hey! Thanks for tutorial, really struggling downloading Fredo 6, could u send any leads or tips xxx

[jutisda]

Firstly, thanks for your tutorials, they're really helpful.


With this plug in however, if I am trying to turn a complicated curve into a curved ramp, but it doesn't seem to work.


Its not a simple, two straight lines and two curves, like most ramps seen in tutorials. Its meant to be a landscape ramp. Any advice?

[sadia]

@TheSketchUpEssentials Hi just wanted to ask is there any free slice tools for sketch up

[Skans-Gustav]

This must be perfect to model spiral cases for turbines within hydroelectric power stations.

[wanderlust]

Hi there, I have a question,
Now when i loft the edges of the ramp, they look like pieced of paper, i wanted to give the ramp rail a thickness but the offset and the push and pull doesnt seem to work