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    [Plugin] FollowMe and keep (v0.04 update 20090210)

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    • pilouP Offline
      pilou
      last edited by

      @unknownuser said:

      a $30 tool

      It's free if you use it for personnal use 😎
      You will have just a starting message 😉

      Frenchy Pilou
      Is beautiful that please without concept!
      My Little site :)

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        xrok1
        last edited by

        ??
        it says 30 day trial period on mine?


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        “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

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        • R Offline
          rainfrog
          last edited by

          Jeff, thanks for alerting me to the continued discussion here, regarding the problem I had a few months back! And also for demonstrating the different results between the original follow me and the 1001bit tool. It is nice to see that there is indeed a plugin out there that performs the exact function I was looking for. Very helpful! 👍

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          • B Offline
            BERNS
            last edited by

            THIS IS AN EXCELENT PLUGIN FOR TOPOGRAPHY AND MANY OTHER THEMES! I SAVED UP ALMOST 95% OF TIME AND WORK.

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            • L Offline
              lightburn
              last edited by

              thanks for this wonderful plugin. this just saved me a hell lot of headaches.

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              • B Offline
                Blomman
                last edited by

                A really useful plugin. It helped me with creating a highway interchange.

                But what if I want to paint the created shape in more than just one color? Since I'm using this plugin to create a road ramp I really want to be able to paint the sides in different colors and textures. As it is now I can't since all the sides of the thing are treated as one. If I click on the left side for example, the right, top and bottom also gets highlighted. Is there anyway to solve this?

                By the way, I'm using this plugin together with the bezier curves plugin by Fredo 6 if that matters.

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                • mitcorbM Offline
                  mitcorb
                  last edited by

                  @Blomman:
                  I am not sure if this is valid, but is the resulting model a group or component? If so, could you right click on this, Edit Group, or Edit Component, and then apply colors, materials, textures to the various faces?
                  Save first, then try the above. Undo(Control Z)if this does not get the desired results.

                  Keep watching this thread for other replies.

                  I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                  • B Offline
                    Blomman
                    last edited by

                    Yes, the model is automatically turned into a group which, as far as I know, can not have multiple textures or colors applied to. I forgot to mention that I've already done what you suggested (edit group) which is were I noticed the problem I described in my previous post. I've also tried "explode" but with the same result. 😐

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                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Has the model, during the FMAK process, had it's edges smoothened?

                      Have you hidden geometry on or off?

                      If it's off, just turn it on and paint the faces. Or right click the entity and choose soften/smooth and lower the slider bar until the lines appear. You can use Ctrl+E to soften any lines that you don't want to see.

                      I could be way off the mark 😕

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                      • B Offline
                        Blomman
                        last edited by

                        The hidden geometry was indeed off, now it works perfectly. Thanks! 😄

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                        • S Offline
                          Sir
                          last edited by

                          this plugin has just saved me hours. i love you.

                          image attached. each side of the stairs is a different curve... pain in the ass.Spatial.jpg

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                          • marvins_dadM Offline
                            marvins_dad
                            last edited by

                            Just wanted to say Thanks again!
                            I had lost the ruby and someone helped me find this one again...it is amazing for stairs! 👍

                            My Gallery

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                              dmonahan96
                              last edited by

                              So I installed the followme and keep plugin and it worked great on the first railing that I used it for but now it keeps crashing my SU every time i try it with this other section. Any suggestions?

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                                shoeb_cars
                                last edited by

                                google should really learn some good stuff like this...thanks man 👍

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                                • Dave RD Offline
                                  Dave R
                                  last edited by

                                  So what am I missing? I've read through as much of this thread as I could. I can get FAK to work on simple arcs but not on this longer path. Even though it's not supposed to require it, I added a C-point to the start end of the path. Surely I've done something that isn't right. Can anyone tell me what it is?


                                  FAK Problem.skp

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                                  • mitcorbM Offline
                                    mitcorb
                                    last edited by

                                    Weld- Don't Weld? Group- Don't Group? This is a test, right?
                                    Plugin "deprecation" due to Sketchup version?

                                    I mean, when you're stumped, we're in hell.

                                    I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                    • Dave RD Offline
                                      Dave R
                                      last edited by

                                      Tim,

                                      I'm flattered by your comments. It wasn't a test. Well, it was a test for me.

                                      I finally figured it out. The path needs to be basically horizontal. I didn't see anything in the thread that indicates this, though every example I saw was thus. Even so, it doesn't really do what I need anyway so I'm off on the hunt for another approach.

                                      Etaoin Shrdlu

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                                      • mitcorbM Offline
                                        mitcorb
                                        last edited by

                                        Well, Dave:
                                        When you say basically horizontal do you mean mostly horizontal or dead flat path, or profile horizontal? I vaguely remember the demos and I may be getting it confused with Chris Fullmer's perpendicular faces tool.

                                        I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                        • Dave RD Offline
                                          Dave R
                                          last edited by

                                          Sorry for being vague. I turned the helix on its side so its axis was along the green axis. This turned the square profile up on edge as well. I initially use Chris Fullmer's Perpendicular Face Tools to put the square on the end of the helix while the helix was standing up. that worked just fine.

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                                          • S Offline
                                            Sir.Swaffel
                                            last edited by

                                            I like this tool, but it is lacking a basic feature that 1001bit's version does have: a reference point.

                                            FollowMeAndKeep automatically uses the center of the face that it wants to extrude as the reference point for the path. When using a more complex face that needs to be extruded along a path relative to let's say the bottom left corner, you're out of luck 😕

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