Take a look at the green preview to see what you’re about to get.Depending on how zippy your computer is, maybe get some coffee. Click once on the curve you created in Step 4.Click once on the straight edge you drew in Step 3 (make sure it’s highlighted before you click on it).Choose Plugins > Chris Fullmer Tools > Shape Bender to activate the tool.Select the group or component to be bent.Draw a curved edge that represents the bending path (that’s my term, not Chris’) for your forthcoming bent shape.Use the Line tool to draw a straight edge parallel to the length of the thing you want to bend.Rotate it (if necessary) so it’s lined up lengthwise along the red axis.Make sure the thing you want to bend is either a group or a component.Here’s my best attempt at a basic, getting-started set of Shape Bender instructions: After you download the script, put both the Ruby file (it ends in “.rb”) and the folder in your SketchUp 7 Plugins folder. SB is currently available with English and French UI (user interface).SB works on PCs and Macs, just like most SketchUp Ruby scripts.Visit the Shape Bender thread at SketchUcation to learn about and download the script for free.For a longtime SketchUpper like me, it’s like my birthday and Christmas all rolled into one. Shape Bender should be called Mind Bender.
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