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    • C Offline
      cmartin
      last edited by

      I'm trying to make a spiral slide. I used the drawhelix13 tool to create the spiral. And I made the shape for the slide and then used the followme tool to try and create it, but for some reason it keeps stopping in the middle of the spiral. It won't go all the way down the spiral.

      I've attached the model.


      slide.skp

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        Try FAK [FollowMeAndKeep] available through the 'Plugins Index' button above...Capture.PNG

        TIG

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        • C Offline
          cmartin
          last edited by

          @tig said:

          Try FAK [FollowMeAndKeep] available from through the Plugins Index button above...[attachment=0:159wwqpm]<!-- ia0 -->Capture.PNG<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:159wwqpm]

          thank you!

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          • dukejazzD Offline
            dukejazz
            last edited by

            pic_0006.jpg
            Move face to wire
            pic_0005.jpg
            Then used follow me
            pic_0004.jpg

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              FollowMe can 'twist' as it extrudes...
              FAK does not 'twist'...
              Which is often what is required ๐Ÿ˜‰

              TIG

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              • BoxB Offline
                Box
                last edited by

                Then laugh maniacally as the children fly off to their death on the first curve.

                Oops Tig slipped in there to explain what I was referring to before I said it.

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                • jeff hammondJ Offline
                  jeff hammond
                  last edited by

                  @dukejazz said:

                  hee! hee! ha! ha!
                  That the point why the drawhelix13 tool to create a spiral is not a good ideal in general. The top and bottom of his spiral is inverted. What he need is a coil not a spring to use sketchup push-pull tool.

                  So the tool (FAK [FollowMeAndKeep]) you refer too. works well with helix spring for a slide. good ideal.

                  huh? the draw helix tool has nothing to do with it..
                  normal sketchup follow me doesn't have a 'road-like top' option.. (or in other sketchup lingo, it will not auto-fold edges)

                  in the case of this slide, the vertical faces need to break (triangulate) in order to keep a level top but follow-me won't do that.. it keeps all the sidewall faces coplanar which leads to the twist..

                  hence the need for a plugin.

                  dotdotdot

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                  • Rich O BrienR Offline
                    Rich O Brien Moderator
                    last edited by

                    my spider sense is tingling

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                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                      jeff hammond
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      my spider sense is tingling

                      i can think of about 11 different things you mean by that.. none of them related to one another.

                      mystery is good though.. matches you're avatar ๐Ÿ‘
                      ๐Ÿ˜„

                      dotdotdot

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                      • mitcorbM Offline
                        mitcorb
                        last edited by

                        The tingle may be FollowMe Helix. Look it up in the Candy Sto-- uh I mean the Plugins Index. Also, I believe DrawHelix is up to 1.4. And here comes somebody else.

                        I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                        • dukejazzD Offline
                          dukejazz
                          last edited by

                          Hee hee! ha ha!

                          That the point why the drawhelix14 tool to create a spiral slide with SU follow me tool is not a good ideal in general. The wire spiral is always twisted. What he need is a flat coil slinkey not a twisted wire spring to use for the slide.

                          So the tool (FAK [FollowMeAndKeep]) you refer too. works well with helix spring for a slide. Good ideal.

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                          • dukejazzD Offline
                            dukejazz
                            last edited by

                            I tried out FAK today on Vista SU 8 M2
                            The tool (FAK [FollowMeAndKeep]) you refer too. works well with helix spring for a slide. Good ideal. I also agree with you all now about the curve problem.
                            pic_0007.jpg

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