Bending Objects Along Complex Faces with Flowify for SketchUp - SketchUp Extension Tutorials

[@handlaidtracksand3dprinted922]

Best series for learning Sketchup on KZbin!! Thanks so much for all the help!!

[@ar.manojkumar1203]

THANK U JUSTIN...I LUV UR TEACHING.....U R MY ANOTHER FOLLOWER TO MAKE A PROFESSION FOR THE 3D VIEW........HATS OFFFF MAN...

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks very much!

[@nicoleduque4085]

I always find your tutorials very helpful. Thank you!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks - glad you liked it!

[@nasseralajmi5259]

Thank man You are very clear and really good when you explain

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks very much! Glad you liked it!

[@davidmortimore6838]

Thank you Justin. A very clear explanation.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks David - glad you liked it!

[@eliosaleh9492]

Finally a perfect tutorial of flowify, i was getting desperate regarding this extension! But tbh i am still more comfortable with shape bender 😁😁

[@engr.adanilolavides4956]

Thank you sir your tutorial is very informative it helps me a lot venturing new knowledge. more power to you

[@JaySchram]

Thanks Justin for another great tutorial! Keep up the great work!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks Jay - glad you liked it!

[@JaySchram]

Definitely. You are the best out there! I found your video when I was trying to figure out how to wrap a textures panel into a sphere to make something like this: www.zgallerie.com/p-16831-caspian-vase.aspx Could you do a video on that?

[@larihoward]

Thank you, really saved my life!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Sounds serious :) - glad I could help!

[@iwonwahyudi]

i am very stressed with this plugin. But finally this worked for me: I change my skethcup from 2019 to 2017. And your curve geometry must be perfect: it mean there is no straight line on the middle of your curve space. you cannot hide or delete it. it must be perfect (no line in the centre) from the first create. This is work for me after many many Trying !!! (still not worked at sketchup2019, so i think its not compatible with sketchup2019.

[@VitalyStockman]

Very good tutorial. Thank you, Justin!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks very much!

[@hbkhbk7618]

amazing way to explain it.& really i love your teaching way

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks very much!

[@itzshanuansari]

i am completely done sketchup in one month just for your clear instructions and explanation... thanks man you are awsome... can you tell me how to create your default startup image with your dog..

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I traced over a photo of myself and Bonnie and colored it in, then selected file, "Save as Template" and made sure the box was checked for "Set as Default Model." Now it's my default model when I open a new SketchUp file! Thanks!

[@falconlara]

This is a great tutorial, thank you.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks Oscar - I appreciate it!

[@naomiwong9003]

Thank you so much for this great tutorial

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks for watching!

[@pyaephyopaing6382]

I finally found what I've been looking for! I'm new to flowify, i downloaded and the extension from the link you provided but can't install. It says "unsigned" under signature information. Is there anyway to figure it out?

[@Steveko77]

Thank you and very helpful, but i can't make it. May i know how to apply circle in perforated ?

[@marlonmaristela6131]

more power to your videos, God bless!!! Thanks alot

[@lawrencedavecelezii7142]

Why I can't impose grid? I tried your instructions but mine doesn't work?Why? Sketchup made me stress and mad at this. I'm tired of this error. I just wanna try to make it work.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Few things - first make sure that you've got your grouping set up right - that's the #1 error I see with Flowify. Second, your base shape and target shape must both have 4 corners. If they don't have 4 corners it won't work. Third - start with a simpler shape/test first to make sure you've got the fundamentals right. If you can't get it working on something simple, you won't be able to on something complex. Thanks

[@lawrencedavecelezii7142]

@@Thesketchupessentials I have 4 corners but still never work, is there something to fix or I'm always wrong about what i did even I tried my best to make it work.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

@@lawrencedavecelezii7142 If you've never gotten it to work, you need to probably start with simpler shapes and examples until you understand the mechanics of the extension. Have you tried just replicating exactly what's done in the tutorial, without customization or your own shape and seeing if that can work?

[@lawrencedavecelezii7142]

@@Thesketchupessentials I don't know..

[@Thesketchupessentials]

@@lawrencedavecelezii7142 You don't know if you've tried following the tutorial step by step?

[@cyruskhosravi7351]

What tool does the reverse action of flowify? How do you project a curved pattern on a surface?

[@johnytzman9553]

is it posiible to project something in a quarter of sphaire?

[@hennywong1517]

hi i have a question... flowify transferred the geometry we created to the surface but its "distorted", any suggestion what extension might be able to put the pattern evenly on the desired surface without distorting it? thanks a bunch!!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

No idea - really depends on the shape. Probably need to adjust the size of your base group so that it's longer

[@borispalic3769]

I hate to be that guy, but I followed you tutorial on how to make a voronoi tunnel and I succeeded in copying your design. However, when I attempted to do my version of a tunnel, it did not work. I watched and re watched the tutorial several times and checked and double checked that my groups are set up correctly. but I was still unbale to impose a grid on the surface and it wasn't working. Any tips for it?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Try a simpler design and see if that works? Something in that new design is different than what was in the old one that's making it not work, but I don't know what that is...

[@גלביטון-ק3ז]

@@Thesketchupessentials Hi justin, tnx for your great contribution to all sketchup users, your'e the best! I actually did all the same and it won't impose a grid, could you tell what could be the reason for that?

[@andreluz2261]

wont work, it's just a half assed plugin, completely broken

[@mohammedabdal-moneim7268]

thank you so much dear great when you explain

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you liked it!

[@Deontjie]

Thanx for all the help. A problem that has been bothering me for a long time is when I import a picture to paint on an object. If my photo's perspective is not perfect, then I struggle to use it as paint. Is there a way I can get the perspective of a photo right before I use import it into Sketchup?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I think probably what you need to do is use the position texture tools by right clicking on your texture. You can use the "distort" push pin to try to adjust the perspective of a photo once it's applied to a face. Did that make sense?

[@fouraces3761]

Hey justin, i have a question, does this applies to any object from 3d warehouse? I found this wood screening from the warehouse and am wondering if it works for flowify too

[@oliverrjlees]

Is there any way to apply geometry onto a tapered cylinder? I am struggling with flowify due to the curved sides.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I don't think the curved sides are an issue as much as creating your cylinder as a 4 sided shape is the issue. You could cut the cylinder in half then flow along each half, since half a cylinder with the top removed is a 4 sided shape

[@oliverrjlees]

@@Thesketchupessentials Thanks for the reply. I have tried the half cylinder setup as you suggest but I can not get the grid to impose. I believe it is due to the curved sides of the cylinder, resulting from the taper? snag.gy/WjnZts.jpg

[@oliverrjlees]

@@Thesketchupessentials cracked it after watching another of your vids, thanks! Now, just to get this ready for 3D printing! :o

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Awesome - glad you got it!

[@ThemisMorze]

I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing wrong, but when I do the components, it's never recognizing the original and when I test the components as a whole with the push/pull tool, it's not picking up the original one. I've even tried to copy and paste over another component over the first one, it still doesn't respond.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Have you tried selecting/editing them using the outliner instead of just clicking on them in your model?

[@troyeduardo6905]

where to find the outliner tab in the default tray? Thanks

[@troyeduardo6905]

oh never mind hehe. ive found it. thanks for your awesome tutorials tho. been watching your vids. good job dude!

[@troyeduardo6905]

but still, there are no grids showing after i clicked the impose grid :/

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Generally, that indicates that your groups aren't set up properly. Try following the process I talk about in this video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmWZdIKIgq2tfbM) using the outliner to make sure everything is grouped properly. Usually that's the issue. Thanks!

[@hibou607]

thanks you are the best

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you liked it!

[@hasanyuceol8760]

amazing...... tahnks

[@Thesketchupessentials]

😎

[@JuriJDworzak]

The last example is much easier with SHAPE BENDER ;)

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Well, actually, probably both of them are. :) I just wanted to start with simple, easy to work with examples. That said though, once you start working with faces that bend along more than one axis at once, Flowify seems like a much better option. Thanks!

[@ar.shrutiradhakrishnannair5587]

Every time i try this am not just getting impose grid output and the flowify shows error....step by step i do right follow the command but still the impose grid output shows error...how to rectify?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Does it work if you try it with a more simple shape? Also, double check the way your grouping is set up again. 99% of the time, the reason the grid doesn't show up is because the grouping of the objects is wrong. Thanks!

[@deebeeitalia1144]

Doesn't work :( Triple checked the way of grouping, using Outliner view too...

[@sudhammikalaksiri1479]

thank you very much sir

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks for watching!

[@koushikdey997]

like it! No, I loved it.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Lol - thank you!

[@bloem05]

It can't make it work! When I press "Flowify" there's a sign that says [INPUT ERROR: Not enough input] What does ir mean?? I grup everything! :(

[@Thesketchupessentials]

It means your grouping isn't right

[@karenfrancoise2402]

I have the same message :(

[@blackstar-bk5ut]

Flowify It doesn't work that's what is written in extension manager .flowify Unsigned،،Please do you know to solve the problem? :") my sketch up 2018

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I think I talked about that in this video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGKolICEnrxqqpI

[@maddiejumilla7649]

crystal clear

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks!

[@kaikoezconceptdesign]

Please if u have s4u component plugin and flowify plugin share with me your links thanks

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Flowify is linked in the notes below this video

[@shivangichauhan9094]

i still can't use it please help

[@jameschang7274]

Awesome

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks!

[@amitsuchday5185]

Wow

[@adriantyanandya4338]

why this plugin can't work

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Worked fine for me...what's the issue?

[@Lalo.Olivero.S]

Not work in my sketchup 2024😢

[@Thesketchupessentials]

As far as I know it’s working in 2024 - did you try simple shapes first?

[@sohanjadhav740]

best

[@Thesketchupessentials]

:)

[@moonkashafkhan5644]

what if the base face is not rectangle

[@Thesketchupessentials]

It only works with target shapes with 4 corners