[Plugin] FollowMe and keep (v0.04 update 20090210)
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@box said:
You might have more luck with ...
Follow me Helix
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=353956
or Helix along curve
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=51770Thanks for the quick reply Box.
I used Helix along curve to create the Helix. I'm having trouble creating the 'Spiral Guard'. I've drawn a profile (cross section of the 'Spiral Guard') but I can't get it to follow the Helix the way I would like Using FMK or SUs Follow Me tool. I'll have a look at Follow me Helix
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Hi, have installed the plug-in and worked fine. Today i m trying to use the tool, but simply dont work. What may i do ?
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You may upload an image or the model...
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@callinas said:
Hi, have installed the plug-in and worked fine. Today i m trying to use the tool, but simply dont work. What may i do ?
Is it in your plugins folder? Are you using an updated version of SketchUp?
I somehow find out how I solved mine.
If your problem is same as mine, open your FAK.rb and paste this line of code on the very top line:
require 'sketchup.rb'
Save it, then make sure the rb file is in the tools folder and not in the plugins folder. -
Incredible!
Thank you! Why don't you distribute this through sketchup and sign it? It is very nice work and it would make it easier for the user.
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gggg -
Do you have an English version?
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This is a really old plugin, it's encrypted and terribly out of date !
Also it ships in its RBZ in two versions - the EN one is actually in Chinese and always fails, the other file [CN?] is actually in ENglish and works !
There are instructions in earlier posts on how to fix this...In any case it may well prove flaky in newer versions of SketchUp, but you can try it and see...
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Wikii,
I can see the extension in my Extension Manager, but it shows up as, ‘Blocked’. If I click on the arrow, I am advised that it is unsigned.
What do I do please?
johnmtb
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@johnmtb said:
Wikii,
I can see the extension in my Extension Manager, but it shows up as, ‘Blocked’. If I click on the arrow, I am advised that it is unsigned.
What do I do please?
johnmtb
unsigned isn't a problem the extension will work just fine, just relax your extension loading policies
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juju,
I have done as you suggest and it is now in the Extension Manager as enabled.
It also appears as FollowMeAndKeep, under Extensions, but I do not see it in the Toolbars, so how do I get it onto the main screen?
johnmtb
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Read the tool's usage notes.
Many Extensions don't appear under the Extensions menu !
Some appear elsewhere - e.g. for Fredo's tools are under:
Tools > Fredo Collection OR Fredo Tools...The Toolbars are activated separately...
To use Extensions/Plugins effectively you must read their usage notes...
So don't even have menu items - e.g SectionCutFace which is a context-menu tool only available when there's a selection of a single Section-Plane... -
TIG,
where do I find the usage notes?
johnmtb
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The '[More ]Info' button when considering downloading/installing etc is a good starting point, but also read the main thread's posts for each tool - there are often good tips and advice in those...
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TIG,
It was from clicking on the, ‘More Info’, that I got to this forum. And, I have read all of the posts but found nothing that would help me.
Also, as I mentioned earlier, on the menu line, under Extensions, I have FollowMeAndKeep and Mirror Selection. Mirror Selection works, but FollowMeAndKeep does nothing.
Any ideas?
johnmtb
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The FaK instructions are in the first post: https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=129504#p129504
There's also some discussion in subsequent posts...It is old and unsupported for many years, so it's unsigned - set your Extension Manager > Extensions Loading Policy to 'Unrestricted' and restart SketchUp to see the menu-item if needed...
There's no Toolbar...
It appears under the Plugins menu - which is now known as 'Extensions' in newer SketchUp versions...
put simply, preselect a path and a face and run the tool, it should extrude OK...
Run it with the Ruby Console open to see if there are any issues... -
TIG,
In the Extension Manager, FAK is there and it is marked as Enabled.
As I mentioned previously, under Extensions, I have FollowMeAndKeep and Mirror Selection. Mirror Selection works, but FollowMeAndKeep does nothing. However, when I downloaded FAK.skp, at the beginning of this forum, and clicked on FollowMeAndKeep it worked; why?
Unfortunately, I am very new to SketchUp and I do not know what you mean by, ‘Run it with the Ruby Console open to see if there are any issues.’ Where do I find the Ruby Console?
johnmtb
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Menu Window / Ruby Console
(till 2017... i suppose that is the same for new versions)
Sorry in French but ...
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Pilou,
Thank you for that information.
TIG,
The Ruby Console was blank when I used FollowMeAndKeep but when I used Mirror the console was populated with information.
johnmtb
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Please copy/paste those messages from the Ruby Console, explaining which tool was being used...
My Mirror should not produce any error-messages in the RC...
Sometimes the FAK tool can produce error messages - usually around 'zero-length' vectors when the path is overly complex...Perhaps conflating these two tools is confusing ?
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