BEND OBJECTS IN SKETCHUP with TrueBend by Thom Thom!

[@billblake6954]

Seriously. You are the sketch-up Wizard. Briliant.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Lol - I didn't write the extension - Thom Thom's the wizard, but thanks!

[@wayneseymour1]

Wow!! a tremendous improvement over the other bending extensions. Nice work explaining this one.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks Wayne - I like how this one allows you to bend 360 degrees!

[@francaber]

thank you, the tip about exploding and re-grouping saved my day :)

[@artworksenvisioneering2167]

I just painstakingly 3D modelled a brick archway yesterday. If only I'd had this extension. Component bricks in assembly maker, bend with this extension, done in 5 min after texturing to match the field brick. I need this all the time architecturally. Splaying out a bitmap to fake brick arches works, but is tedious and can render badly. Downloading today. Thanks for the review and once more, to Thom Thom for a great extension.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Hope it does what you need it to do! :)

[@kathrynmat6857]

Probably my favourite extension so far!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

It's a good one! :)

[@ADVBear]

Excellent extension. Thank you for sharing, and thank you, ThonThon!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

For sure - thanks for watching!

[@lyteyearz5810]

MAN when I get some side money I must donate. No way should these tools be free! However its appreciated! Phenominal tools!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

:)

[@korrinbossert6380]

Works great! Just what I needed. Thank you for the tutorial and info

[@rilian226]

You can also use a component instead of a group and set custom axes to change which way the plugin bends.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Interesting...I'll have to give this a try - thanks!

[@yuchen1033]

Thanks!!! That’s all I want to know.

[@nilfae]

Fantastic tool, I already installed it and it's making the job a lot easier!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Perfect! Thanks!

[@jeffharmed1616]

Thanks for sharing. Very powerful plugin. At last I can make my gull wing roof in a trice.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Awesome - thanks Jeff!

[@falconlara]

This is so cool, Thanks!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks Oscar!

[@wikanaarchitect]

Thanks for the sharing

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks for watching!

[@orac229]

Great tool and great video. Just downloaded it today.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Awesome - hope you like it!

[@georgespapillon364]

Love it ! Thank you for the tip. George.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks George!

[@jimhester2004]

Looks really interesting and useful. Thanks!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

It's really easy to use - thanks Jim!

[@jw3971]

The length is not off, but will only be exact with a perfect circle. This means that the bend radius will always be the same, no matter how many segments you use. But a circle made out of straight lines will of course always be "smaller" than the real circle. Note that this difference will become considerable when using only 2 or 3 segments.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Hmmm...interesting - I was pretty sure in Thom Thom's example video, his length was exact... Will have to research futher - thanks!

[@jw3971]

I haven't seen Thomthom's video on it, so I can't say for sure. But when you for example make a 180° bend and change the amount of segments, you will see that the width stays the same, therefore the total length of the segments must change. So it seems to be the length of the circumscribed circle that is fixed. And that also makes perfect sense to me ;-)

[@khaledurrahman1730]

Thanks for shareing plugin.😊

[@theWanderer521]

wow! this is really useful! thank you so much

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you liked it!

[@kienngo5273]

oh! this is really useful! thank you so much.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

:)

[@isletime77]

Love this ext. How do I set a specific radius to my bend?

[@jahaaneishq2248]

I loved it

[@Ahmedali_-qd9eg]

thanks Justin, it is very useful tool.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you liked it!

[@daniellasusanto]

is it possible to choose which orientation we want to bend on? like we can choose whether it's the south face or the west face?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I think it always bends along the object red axis? So change the object axis direction?

[@vincentyong6298]

Thanks man

[@jenomadabuildesign1150]

is it possible to adjust the bend based on the diameter of the bend? for example I need the inside the diametr to be exactly 2meters on a 180 degree bend.

[@DarkMoonDroid]

I'm trying to figure out how to bend to an ellipse while preserving the length, not a circle. Got anything for that?

[@tantrumdesignstudio8885]

Can planes be bent to 360 to create a cylinder, e.g a plane with voronoi design bent to 360 creating a cylinder which then joint push pull to have depth to get seamless voronoi effect? I've been looking to create a voronoi cylinder with sketchup for a while and it's frustrating to not find any tutorials.

[@omriron8722]

that's awesome video!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thank you! :)

[@SpicyDorito96]

This will help me with rollercoaster I'm working on

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Sounds fun :)

[@nirmanupodeshta5485]

Hi There Justin, would like to know can if there's any update for if I can change the axis of "Red bar" ???? Thank you Justin as always.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Sure - just change the axes direction with the axis tool

[@nirmanupodeshta5485]

@@Thesketchupessentials Thank you Justin.

[@mtnton1]

Thank you for your videos. I’m interested in making a large 4 season camping tent with lots of angles that need measurements so I can cut the fabric before sewing. Can you make a tutorial on how to draw, measure angles and lengths while the tent is pitched. I think a tipi would be fairly easy to figure out but something shaped like a tipi but maybe longer would be awesome. There are a lot of people in the MYOG group that would be so grateful. I’ll be sure to post your link there. Thanks again

[@michagwozdz2049]

this extension bends only in the middle. is there any extension that can bend in any point we want? eg i have long component 12m and i want to bend it 90degrees in 2m from end of this object

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Yup - Radial Bend in FredoScale - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXvcpmqunrF-ba8

[@JaySchram]

Hey Justin. I just started using this plugin. (late to the bus I know ) anyways- I am wondering how to select the axes along which you can bend an object. I can't change it no matter how I position the object, or explode and regroup the object.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I believe this one only bends along the red axis of your object? Try double clicking inside your group and re-positioning it within the group itself

[@jabalconstructioncompany1903]

Very nice object plz how can i add on my sketchUp

[@masood6086]

thanks bro

[@GK-ee7mw]

I often find the bend tool picking the wrong axis to bend to. I.e. I have a long pipe to bend and it picks the very short axis along the top. Any tips for fixing this situation?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I think it bends along the red axis. Change the object axis so red is pointing the direction you want to bend along (or perpendicular to, can't remember)

[@bjarnekristensen1480]

@@Thesketchupessentials Just don´t understand how to use the axes tool. Only way I can get it right when bending a pipe, is to draw it from origo and along red axis.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

@@bjarnekristensen1480 This might help - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmTWi5ZuptiYpLc

[@bjarnekristensen1480]

@@Thesketchupessentials TY. I think I got the hold of how to get red axis along the pipe. Now, the problem is how to place the axis tool to make the pipe bend the right way. Have a standing pipe. Even if the group outline is lined up allong the red defoult axis, and I use the axis tool to make red axis along the pipe upwards from the point the outline is touching the red defoult line, the pipe is tilted in stranges angels after the bend. I can not find any video explaining this.

[@dreamdecor3534]

sir, when i use truebend tool to bend the object then sketchup get close so pls tell me what to do

[@ThemisMorze]

Thanks for sharing! This is an awesome extension to make jewelry with; and I'm excited to use it.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Cool! Glad you found it helpful!

[@liudas000]

Its a bit off and in a metric system. I tried to change the number of segments, but it is how it is and its still good tool.

[@yveslemoine814]

Bonjour, impossible de telécharger le pluging

[@leochen1960]

how do i bend along X, Y, or Z axis?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I don't understand - True Bend bends in one direction. If you want it to bend along a different axis, you're going to have to rotate your object

[@assma5947]

the red line in the extension become downward how can i fix it ?? :(

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Use the axis tool to set the red axis the direction you'd like to bend along

[@assma5947]

@@Thesketchupessentials thanks a lot!

[@bobibest89]

How to change bend orientation?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I think it bends along the red axis, so I believe you could reset the object direction to change the bend orientation

[@54Dogstar]

You're off because you're measuring the inside diameter, try measuring a centre line. :)

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Lol - I tested a center line and I was even further off :) I'm gonna try the decimal feet option from below and see if maybe that fixes it. Thanks for the idea though!

[@nameinvalid69]

It looks so easy to use @,@

[@Thesketchupessentials]

VERY easy to use :)

[@worksstar2174]

thank you this is a korea.

[@mikechristensen393]

First dislike Omg you didnt say that