Follow me tool pls
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To see one version of it being used, go back to the video I posted.
You will see at 1 min that I select one section of the path line, then there is a slight pause and the whole path turns blue. This was me hitting my keyboard shortcut for Recurve. Or more specifically, Select Curve and Recurve. Which does what it says, it selects all the segments until the path branches and welds the segments back into a curve. -
I see
thanks for the info
I will try it and give you news soon -
I m trying to recurve my selection but since I have skp in french I dont find the option ''recourber'' or any other which looks like.
Must I right clic on the selection to find the ''recurve'' option, or must I go into the top menu ?
pls could you show me which option to choose on a screen capture ?
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You need to select a segment that is attached to other segments in the curve. Then you right click and choose Recurve in the Context menu.
You would probably find it very useful to go to the thread for the plugin and read how it works.
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need I ''recurve 1,5'' plugin ?
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I'm not sure how you would expect to use Recurve if you don't have the plugin.
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ok, now I see better why I didn't find it on the skp menu
so, I downloaded the plugin
but when I >select curve >right clic >recurve edges
it give me this strange result
it change the form of my curve
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now I have a good result enough
after recurve and recurve, and modify my paths a bit
but I still don't understand why have I 3 pipes with horizontal lines all along them.
all the other pipes are ok, only those 3 as you can see are stranges (2 on the very left, and the 3rd on the very right side)
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It looks as if the profile you used for the Follow Me operation was exploded. Just select all of the geometry in those "cables", right click and choose Smooth/Soften. Adjust the slider if you have to.
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And you wouldn't need Dave's fix if you had used recurve on the circle of the profile as well as the path before follow me.
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Dave : smooth/soften option is very god, it clean all kind of small undesirable details
thanks a lot for that tipBox : yes I didn't think about recurve the circles in fact
p.s. as I see, recurve is not very necessary if I can use smooth/soften option for repare right ?
p.s.' I found a solo ''smooth'' option in the same menu for erase single lines
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The nice thing about using Recurve on your Follow Me paths is that it makes them easier to select if you preselect the path before running Follow Me on the profile. Especially when the profile is small and the path is long, it is nice to be able to select the path with a single click. You won't have to chase around the model to select all of the path lines.
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There are many ways to do things in sketchup. Different situations and workflow make different tools more relevant to the particular applications. There are probably 10 more ways we could come up with to do what you are doing, but it is all about learning what is possible. You need to work out what works best for you. personally I prefer to get the construction right to begin with rather than spending time repairing things. The soften/smooth setting isn't designed to hide things.
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I learned a lot of thing on this thread, thanks a lot guys
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It is indeed best to fix things and make them right as you go along. Much easier than going back and repairing the model later. Sloppy modeling up front just means more work in the end.
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I agree,
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@tig said:
Look up 'weld' in a dictionary...
It means to join separate pieces together to form a single object.
In English it usually refers to metal things...
A duuh moment for me! Arc Weld, Mig Meld, Tig weld........TIG WELD I get it now!
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