[Plugin] follow me rotate

duanekemp

It is still in developing, here is the current version.
Get the latest version as an RBZ from the PluginStore:

wikii, This is such a cool, useful and needed plugin. Alternatives to get similar results are tedious, time consuming and not always effective. If possible, I'd like to encourage the continued development of this plugin for SU2017 and SU2018.... resurrect this puppy so it can be used without reverting to SU 2015/16.

I hope you release a new version since this does what needs to be done. And again, thank you for making this!!!

Ahmed0007

Thanks For Plugin
Please Update for 2017/18
Thanks

Einstein

Houson, I have a problem

I installed Follow and rotate, checked that all files have been pasted into Plugins folder. I clicked the extension record but the plugin window didn't show up Instead, Ruby throwed an error:

Error: #<TypeError: wrong argument type (expected Sketchup::Entity or Array of Sketchup::Entity)>
c:/users/dell/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/followandrotate_cn.rbs:42:in add' c:/users/dell/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/followandrotate_cn.rbs:42:in wikii_push_pull'
c:/users/dell/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2017/sketchup/plugins/followandrotate_cn.rbs:109:in block in <main>' SketchUp:1:in call'

I preselected a face (with and then without its bounding edges, as TIG advised) and a welded path-curve but nothing happened. Adding quide point at the begining and ending of path did not help either. I read that many people had similar problem formerly but I didn't find solution in the thread.

I removed the .rbs file with _en suffix which prevented SU from splashing error on startup but still I cannot run the tool.

Dave R

Einstein, see this. It doesn't work in SU2017 or SU2018 and the author would need to fix it because it is encrypted. So far the author hasn't shown any interest in fixing it, though.

ninja29

hi, how to i install this rbz file to sketcup 2017? thank you

Dave R

@ninja29 said:

hi, how to i install this rbz file to sketcup 2017? thank you

If you've downloaded the RBZ file to your computer, use Install Extension which will be found in Window>Extension manager. There's not much point installing this one, however. If you read my post before yours and follow the link I provided, you'll see it doesn't work in SU2017.

aleksandri

somethings's wrong.. I can't get it to work properly

TIG

Go back to posts over a year ago where it's explained how to remove the incorrect RB file so that it at least loads.
However, since it's already been reported as flaky in v2017, its encrypted files might not now be fixable...

hikamalsingh

Hi Wikii ... please help

I am using sketup2018pro
I have loaded the new file Far_v1.0
I am selecting the follow curve and then the plane (without edges)
and its giving me the following error

Error: #<TypeError: wrong argument type (expected Sketchup::Entity or Array of Sketchup::Entity)>
c:/users/kamal/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/followandrotate_cn.rbs:42:in add' c:/users/kamal/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/followandrotate_cn.rbs:42:in wikii_push_pull'
c:/users/kamal/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/followandrotate_cn.rbs:109:in block in <main>' SketchUp:1:in call'

thanks

Dave R

@hikamalsingh said:

Hi Wikii ... please help

I am using sketup2018pro

It's already been reported that this extension doesn't work in Su2017 or SU2018. See the previous posts in this thread regarding that. It appears that the author isn't going to update it for newer versions of SketchUp. At least they haven't yet.

TIG

As Dave says the original author hasn't supported this tool for many years.
It doesn't work in any of the newer SketchUp versions.
Under the terms of its notice it could be reworked and republished, but I looked at it last year and found that to make it compatible with newer SketchUp could involve so much work it might as well be rewritten from scratch !
So search for an alternative tool...

maxosmedia

Is the plug-in module dead? Does not work on SU 2018-2019

Dave R

@maxosmedia said:

Is the plug-in module dead? Does not work on SU 2018-2019

If you read the posts above yours, you'll see that it hasn't been updated in quite a long time. Evidently the author has elected not to support it anymore.

Swick

I get this error in the ruby console:

Error: #<TypeError: wrong argument type (expected Sketchup::Entity or Array of Sketchup::Entity)>
c:/users/kasutaja/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/followandrotate_cn.rbs:42:in add' c:/users/kasutaja/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/followandrotate_cn.rbs:42:in wikii_push_pull'
c:/users/kasutaja/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2018/sketchup/plugins/followandrotate_cn.rbs:109:in block in <main>' SketchUp:1:in call'

Dave R

@swick said:

I get this error in the ruby console:

If you read the last few posts in this thread you would know that this plugin hasn't been updated in years. It appears the author no longer supports it.

duanekemp

What plugin would be suggested to replace Follow me rotate for the newer versions of SU that would follow a bezier curved line?

pilou

Helix along curve ?
(can't test on the new versions

duanekemp

Pilou,

I'll give that a try. Thanks

andrea1980

hello, when I install the Follow me and rotate plugin and open sketchup it gives me Error: SketchUp: 1: in `eval 'and the extension doesn't work. how can i use it?

Dave R

@andrea1980 said:

how can i use it?

You'd need an old version of SketchUp. If you read a few posts up from yours you will see this plugin does not work with SketchUp 2017. It hasn't been supported for years. Best thing is to look for a different tool to do what you want.