[HELP] which is the best follow-me tool?

pilou

2 faces + path by Kirill2008

TIG

And some of the Extrusion Tools = e.g. Extrude Face by Rails
AND of course "FollowMe and Keep" too............

olishea

OK, thanks for the response!

Follow me and keep seems to be working well for my needs, although it can be inconsistent.

I forgot about curviloft.....this produced most consistent results.....although you need to manually finish up the connection (I forgot to mention my path is in a continuous loop)

The videos for "2 faces + path" don't work anymore....its not consistent though, unexpected results.

TIG: You say "extrude face by rails" but I can not see this in the tool set. here is a screengrab of my extrude tools:

sorry if I'm being stupid. your extrude tools are sweet btw, I'm just still getting my head round using them. Will make my university work so much easier! My favourite is extrude edges by rails....also extrude edges by vector....very clever (the amount of times I've wanted to push/pull a line!!!!). tell me though, why aren't these plugins for sale?? worth buying.....

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pilou

@unknownuser said:

(I forgot to mention my path is in a continuous loop)

Some examples of what profil you want propagate on what path?

Edson

do not forget 1001bit tools. in it you will find a tool that works fine every time: extrude along sloping curved path. this most useful set of tools has free and pro versions.

notareal

@unknownuser said:

2 faces + path by Kirill2008

Wonder what happened to Kirill2008? Tutorial videos where taken down...

Gaieus

@notareal said:

Wonder what happened to Kirill2008?

Yes, me too. Hope he's well!

TIG

I meant try these...

Extrude Edges by Face [multiple FollowMe]
Extrude Edges by Faces [melds two faces along rails like FollowMe with 'morphing']
Extrude Edges by Rails by Face [multiple "Extrude Edges by Face" over a 'mesh' surface]

each of which does some 'FollowMe-like' stuff............

I think I am getting forgetful...

utiler

This was a good visual example of the different outcomes, olishea.

followmes.skp

olishea

thanks guys lots of great ways of doing this. TIG i think its just the names of your plugins that confuse me! not saying you should change them or anythin. i think you need a youtube series all to yourself!!

cheers for all the help, great forum work guys!!

TIG

Know what you mean
They confuse me too - and I made them
The Extrusion Tools just grew like Topsy and 'EEbyXXX' originally seemed a 'sensible' naming convention until it gets too complicated...