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    • TIGT Offline
      TIG Moderator
      last edited by

      Try FAK [FollowMeAndKeep] available through the 'Plugins Index' button above...Capture.PNG

      TIG

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      • C Offline
        cmartin
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        @tig said:

        Try FAK [FollowMeAndKeep] available from through the Plugins Index button above...[attachment=0:159wwqpm]<!-- ia0 -->Capture.PNG<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:159wwqpm]

        thank you!

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        • dukejazzD Offline
          dukejazz
          last edited by

          pic_0006.jpg
          Move face to wire
          pic_0005.jpg
          Then used follow me
          pic_0004.jpg

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            FollowMe can 'twist' as it extrudes...
            FAK does not 'twist'...
            Which is often what is required 😉

            TIG

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            • BoxB Offline
              Box
              last edited by

              Then laugh maniacally as the children fly off to their death on the first curve.

              Oops Tig slipped in there to explain what I was referring to before I said it.

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              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                jeff hammond
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                @dukejazz said:

                hee! hee! ha! ha!
                That the point why the drawhelix13 tool to create a spiral is not a good ideal in general. The top and bottom of his spiral is inverted. What he need is a coil not a spring to use sketchup push-pull tool.

                So the tool (FAK [FollowMeAndKeep]) you refer too. works well with helix spring for a slide. good ideal.

                huh? the draw helix tool has nothing to do with it..
                normal sketchup follow me doesn't have a 'road-like top' option.. (or in other sketchup lingo, it will not auto-fold edges)

                in the case of this slide, the vertical faces need to break (triangulate) in order to keep a level top but follow-me won't do that.. it keeps all the sidewall faces coplanar which leads to the twist..

                hence the need for a plugin.

                dotdotdot

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                • Rich O BrienR Online
                  Rich O Brien Moderator
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                  my spider sense is tingling

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                  • jeff hammondJ Offline
                    jeff hammond
                    last edited by

                    @unknownuser said:

                    my spider sense is tingling

                    i can think of about 11 different things you mean by that.. none of them related to one another.

                    mystery is good though.. matches you're avatar 👍
                    😄

                    dotdotdot

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                    • mitcorbM Offline
                      mitcorb
                      last edited by

                      The tingle may be FollowMe Helix. Look it up in the Candy Sto-- uh I mean the Plugins Index. Also, I believe DrawHelix is up to 1.4. And here comes somebody else.

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

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                      • dukejazzD Offline
                        dukejazz
                        last edited by

                        Hee hee! ha ha!

                        That the point why the drawhelix14 tool to create a spiral slide with SU follow me tool is not a good ideal in general. The wire spiral is always twisted. What he need is a flat coil slinkey not a twisted wire spring to use for the slide.

                        So the tool (FAK [FollowMeAndKeep]) you refer too. works well with helix spring for a slide. Good ideal.

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                        • dukejazzD Offline
                          dukejazz
                          last edited by

                          I tried out FAK today on Vista SU 8 M2
                          The tool (FAK [FollowMeAndKeep]) you refer too. works well with helix spring for a slide. Good ideal. I also agree with you all now about the curve problem.
                          pic_0007.jpg

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