[Plugin] FollowMe and keep (v0.04 update 20090210)

TIG

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...

JohnMTB

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

TIG

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...

JohnMTB

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

pilou

Menu Window / Ruby Console (till 2017... i suppose that is the same for new versions)
Sorry in French but ...

JohnMTB

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

TIG

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 ?

JohnMTB

TIG,

When I used the Mirror Extension (which I assume was written by you), the console was populated with information, because I made a mistake in the way I used the extension.

When I used the FollowMeAndKeep Extension there were no comments in the Ruby Console, but nothing happened either.

However, subsequently, I changed the position of the surface from horizontal to vertical, and changed the path from pointing downwards at an angle of about 42° to 0° which then created the extrusion. But it did not correctly follow the path will have to try other angles, dimensions, etc. until I get it right.

Previously I have used the Eneroth Upright extruder, but I had problems with that one as well.

I shall keep on trying.

Thank you all for your help.

johnmtb

Box

John, it sounds like Follow and Keep may not be what you need.

Best bet would be to start a new thread asking 'How to make this shape?'
Add images of what you want to achieve and any model you have so far so we can perhaps offer better suggestions.

JohnMTB

Box,

After having changed the position of the surface from horizontal to vertical, and changed the path from pointing downwards at an angle of about 42° to 0°, I also used the Scale tool to increase the size of the whole thing by 100; this appeared to make the FollowMeAndKeep Extension do what I wanted. Then I used the Scale tool to take me back to the original size; all was good.

So, I have finally solved my problem and once again thank everyone for their help and suggestions.

johnmtb