[Plugin] follow me rotate

charly2008 · 30 Oct 2010, 18:37

Please try it with the attached file. Only select the face and the line.

Charly

Untitled.skp

dfswyf · 22 Nov 2010, 04:52

@wikii said:

It is still in developing, here is the current version.

This is amazing! Thank you so much!

Marwan · 11 Dec 2010, 23:45

I still have problems with this ... please can u help me how to fixed t

SUFractal · 13 Feb 2011, 00:27

This Plugin sure appears to be problematic and doesn't seem to work no matter I've tried (based on other posts here).

I'm appreciative of its creator's efforts, but frustrated that it isn't stable or bug-free.

shoeb_cars · 30 May 2011, 03:55

i love it thanks

emanuelson87 · 28 Jan 2012, 12:07

@solo said:

I have tried that without anything happening.

Hello I have the same problem I can not run this plugin you could tell me how you solved it? thanks

charly2008 · 28 Jan 2012, 23:43

Hi,

It works normally only with a face and a curve. If you want to use it with a straight line than have look at page 5 of this topic. ThereEcuadorian shows a tutorial video.

Charly

brookefox · 24 Apr 2012, 23:38

I have a 3d helix as a curve and a circular face, but the results ain't right. Any tips?

brookefox · 24 Apr 2012, 23:47

Results with a 2d spiral:

pilou · 25 Apr 2012, 00:05

Better if surface is drawn on the ground (Flat) as a top view as the helix is vertical
but not obliged in theory any orientations can be made
Seems your examples fail because of the Construction Point is out of the surface!

You can add a Construction Point on the surface By the Didier Bur Projection

Images following by Takesh

brookefox · 25 Apr 2012, 00:32

Thank you for your very helpful help. I will try to implement it.

brookefox · 25 Apr 2012, 00:39

It's a start!

Dave R · 25 Apr 2012, 00:43

Looks like a drogue to drag behind a boat.

mitcorb · 25 Apr 2012, 00:53

Do you have to group the polygon first? No?

pilou · 25 Apr 2012, 01:08

Your result is normal
Scale 0.2 signify 1/5 at each segment generation!
so
1, 0.2, 0.04, 0.008...so toward very tiny very speedy
Take 0.95 if you want a more smooth reduction

PS Put a Construction Point at the center of the surface make nothing more!
This one must be excentered for make something funny!

brookefox · 25 Apr 2012, 01:31

You pick the face and the path, face and curve, no group.

Getting somewhere, at least.

I'm sparing you the mis-starts, by which means I absolve myself of error.

brookefox · 25 Apr 2012, 01:33

I think that degrees of rotation and scaling over the entire path would be useful settings, saving much perhaps tedious calculation for the machine, which does it so much faster.

Dave R · 25 Apr 2012, 02:19

I had to play a little.

pilou · 25 Apr 2012, 10:15

The curious is that works for the v6 but not for the V7 for me

brookefox · 25 Apr 2012, 16:52

I will get a boat and try it. Thank you, Dave.

Thanks, Pilou. I figured my interpretation of the scale setting was the problem. I assumed it was over the entire path and that the number would be the result, i.e. 20% of the original at the end. A few extra words in the setting dialog might save a lot of dead drouge drag. Did you miss my construction point? I managed that.

I think another problem is the helix has too many segments to be workable and I am trying now to work that but so far the routine reverses the helix, etc.