Follow me help
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Hi guys
I'm finishing the exterior of a dormer and am trying to add a piece underneath the fascia
The follow me tool gives a bad result
Any suggestions on what to do? I'm in a hurry with this one!
Thanks
Mike
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I would suggest that first you take a look at real examples of the area you are trying to model. This should give you some good ideas about how to handle drawing it. Most likely you'll find it easiest to draw the molding pieces separately.
This might help.
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Ah thanks for that Dave
sounds like I'll have to "go manual"
I think there's a tool in the 1001 bit tools plugin that would do the trick, but there's also a lot that I don't need, and it's a big and non free plugin haha -
I guess the choice of whether to do it manually or not is up to you. You might consider how much your time is worth (if it is worth anything) and use that as a guide in determining if the plugin with worth while.
Keep in mind that you may run into an issue when turning the corner of the moldings not lining up correctly. You'd have the same potential issue in reality, too. You'll have to work out how to miter the molding to get round the corner correctly.
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Well as a 17 year old who isn't great at SU, I can't say my time is worth much at all
Yeah I did find that they didn't line up perfectly. I had a small indentation running along the whole thing which didn't line up at the corners. I've simplified the whole thing now. I also just noticed how cheap the 1001 bit tools are..this may be a good idea for me to get -
My point is that whether it is drawn with a plugin or manually, you will have to deal with the fact that you can't make a simple miter joint with the two pieces if they have the same section dimensions.
In this image, the two parts have the same height. Cut as the angled one is, you can see that the two pieces don't come together correctly for molding. that's just the geometry of it -
Alternatively, you can make your Follow me shape horizontal and just move one end up (then erase unnecessary edges). This will have a different cross section at its length though.
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A common way to handle wrapping trim around from under the eave to up along the rake is similar to this.
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Only now got these replies after the weekend
Thanks! It's a lot clearer to me now and I've saved this thread for reference
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