Follow Me tool in SU7
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Hi all
I am writting my thesis for my school and it is SketchUp tutorial.
I used SU6 with the models. Since the new version came out, I have been updating the tutorials to match along the new version. During the operation, I faced a weird issue.
I have two circles with different dimension but concentric each other and a Profile located in-between the circles to be swept along the circle by the Follow-me tool.
I created a cable sheave which looks like shallow cylinder with groove along the side perimeter. On the center, there is a hole for a bolt.
Any way, once I created this 3d shape, I can't push/pull the top/bottom face which is created from Follow-me tool.
I even made a new circle over the face but it wouldn't be extruded either. Also I can't get the area information of the face from entity info dialogue box. I think the new SU deal with the face generated from follow-me tool differently from the face generated from other tools.I have impression that the Follow me tool is getting weaker and weaker in its power. In the earlier version, it would create any shape, but it skips to generate faces on certain angle or with small dimension object since SU6.
Could anyone tell me if it is bug and there is a work-around?
Otherwise, I think I should finish my thesis with SU6.Thank you
P.S: I attached the file.
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This might require your model to be posted for us to play with, thanks!
Chris
Oh, and I could be remembering wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the follow-me tool had issues with small objects since at least version 4. But I could be wrong. I don't have 4 and 5 installed anymore to test.
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Indeed the FM tool (as well as intersect) has issues with creating faces whose edges are about 1mm or 1/16". It used to have this problem in V 5 and 6 as well.
The general workaround is to temporarily scale everything up (say by 10), do the FM then scale back.
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