Another mindbreaking breaking folow me task

bhnida · 28 Oct 2008, 17:03

hello to all,

i am asuming i using the wrong aproach as the following tool is maybe not the right tool to do this.

long time ago i had the feeling already it needed somthing to "BEND" things around others.

now i have this saw like profile wich i need to be "BEND" around a circle ore elips surface
ore other shaped lines

but i ma not getting it maybe someone of you guys can give me a idea ?

the problem is that the saw like struckture must folow the thing...

how can i make this profile follow the circle.skp

TaffGoch · 28 Oct 2008, 17:59

bernhard,

The "follow me" tool extrudes a profile face along a path, and doesn't copy or bend existing constructions. There's no default tool to "bend" a construction around a path. However, you can copy constructs in a radial array, around the centerpoint of your circle.

The attached is not a tutorial, but the end result of radial copying of a component around the circle centerpoint. Take a look at the individual parts of the model, and read in the Users Guide the description of "radial" copying. The method is something you should master, as you are likely to need it often.

Taff

RadialCopies.skp

bhnida · 28 Oct 2008, 18:25

thanks a lot for your expresions loud and clear.
i understood and also managed some exept ONE THING tell me please how you managed this nice centerpoint in your sample.

is there such thing like adding centerpoint ?

thanks a lot bernhard

TaffGoch · 28 Oct 2008, 18:57

bernhard,

There is a centerpoint plugin provided with SketchUp, which will insert a guidepoint at the center of circles, arcs and polygons. You have to enable the SketchUp extensions:

"Window > Preferences > Extensions" and check the box for "Ruby Script Examples"

When you right-click on a circle boundary (not the face,) the context menu will now include a "Point at center" option.

Taff

bhnida · 30 Oct 2008, 18:23

WHOU works great,

now another SU trouble maker is gone )
with the help of the forum i blow them out all time by time

jukkoo · 24 Nov 2008, 07:05

ok, that is a way to resolve this problem (radial copying), but what do we do when the path is a more complex curve? is there another way?

solo · 24 Nov 2008, 07:29

Yes there is, 'path copy' using copy along path. http://www.smustard.com/script/PathCopy

solo · 24 Nov 2008, 07:52

An illustration of what I mean.

solo · 24 Nov 2008, 08:07

And the other option:

REMEMBER! to weld your path first.