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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
      last edited by

      Follow Me will only follow the path you draw. If you want smoother, rounder bends in the extrusion, draw the path that way.

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        erzane
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        I thought about that, but after trying it's very difficult to draw the path smoother, even if I use the free hand tool
        is there some vid/tuto which shows the easiest way to draw smooth and round paths ?

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          mwm5053
          last edited by

          Have you tried the arc tool or bezier spline tool (a plugin you will have to install yourself)

          2011 iMac
          SU 2015 Pro, 2017 Make
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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            It looks like you managed to draw other curves just fine. Maybe you need to use some guidelines to help you layout the path. Or draw a face or faces (a triangle would probably work) onto which you can draw the path. Then delete the edges you don't need.

            2013-10-07_09-53-17.png

            The selected edges will be the path.

            After Follow Me

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            • BoxB Offline
              Box
              last edited by

              Here's another version using just line and arc.
              [screenr:6pagqd1q]LALH[/screenr:6pagqd1q]

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                erzane
                last edited by

                both are very good!
                I'll try that
                thanks a lot guys
                I'll give you news soon as I succeed

                box, which too re you using to make the same as movetool ?
                is it a special tool ?

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                • BoxB Offline
                  Box
                  last edited by

                  I don't know what you mean, I didn't move anything.

                  Can you try to explain what action you are asking about?

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    Just a guess but I think erzane is referring to orbiting and I expect you are just pressing the center mouse wheel/button to access it. Correct?

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                    • BoxB Offline
                      Box
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                      Yep Dave, that's how I was doing it.

                      I didn't want to think it was that, I shudder to think how difficult it would be to use SU without knowing about the scroll wheel orbit/pan/zoom.

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                        erzane
                        last edited by

                        ok I see now
                        because the move too have another looking and I didn't recognised it on the video you made
                        so , that's because you pushed the center button of the mouse right ?

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
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                          Move and Orbit are two very different things. What you see Box doing in the video is orbiting around the model. Move would actually move the model in the model space. Orbit is like walking around the model space looking at the model from different directions. This is a fundamental thing in SketchUp and you really need to understand it to progress.

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                            erzane
                            last edited by

                            do you mean orbiting, the ''O'' key ?
                            if yes I knew it already, but I tought I saw a different designed tool..
                            oh ok I see now, I think you have a different sketchup version than me , that's why follow me tool and orbiting looks different, they have different design, (I use sketchup 8.0)

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                            • BoxB Offline
                              Box
                              last edited by

                              Yes, it's orbit and follow me in 2013.

                              It would help if you updated your profile because answers can vary depending on operating system and Sketchup version.

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                                Dave R
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                                There oughta be a "Like" button.

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                                • BoxB Offline
                                  Box
                                  last edited by

                                  One little pipe led to another little pipe which led to I got carried away...... 😲


                                  Carried away..JPG

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                                  • BoxB Offline
                                    Box
                                    last edited by

                                    Cheers Dave, perhaps it's a steampunk borg cube.

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                                      JQL
                                      last edited by

                                      Nah Box! It's a box! And a nice one might I had!

                                      JQL

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                                        erzane
                                        last edited by

                                        here is guys
                                        thanks for your help 😄


                                        cablage.jpg

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                                        • BoxB Offline
                                          Box
                                          last edited by

                                          Erzane, I'm not sure if you want all the "sections" in your pipes but if you "weld" the path before you use follow me you won't get all those joints.

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                                            pilou
                                            last edited by

                                            I believe that "weld" path's curves can't be made without plugin! 😉

                                            So try this one Recurve by Diggsey

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