Follow Me Help
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I am working on an airplane wing and I need to add a 1/8" thick by 1/4" wide cap strip completely around the rib. I can not seem to get follow me to do this. Will this tool do this or should I be using another plugin?
Thanks,
Larry
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Sure. It looks like Follow Me works just fine. Did you try it? Or what did you try?
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Thanks Dave,
I tried but I guess I just do not know how to use it correctly.Larry
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The path and the profile need to be in the same context. That is, since the profile is loose geometry (ungrouped), the path needs to be loose, too. I opened the end Master Rib component for editing. Then I selected the faces and edges on the exposed end. I closed the component, hid it and then used Edit>Paste in Place. I deleted the coplanar edges and filled in the gaps for the spars. I selected the bounding edge of the rib shape by double clicking on the face with Select. Then I got the Follow Me tool and clicked on the cap profile. The face of the rib shape could then be deleted and the cap geometry cleaned up to eliminate coplanar edges and soften those edges that needed it.
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Thanks Dave,
I was trying to do it without doing anything to the rib.Larry
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