Hello,
I’m following ‘SketchUp Skill Builder: Modeling a Chess Set Part 5 - Queen’ to better use my SketchUp (via browser) but I’m running into a problem that I don’t know how to solve.
As soon as I use the ‘follow me’ function and follow the instructions from the video, I always miss a part of my drawn outline at the top.
Maybe someone can explain to me where I am doing something wrong or which setting I need to adjust.
DaveR
April 28, 2022, 1:58pm
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You’re running into the “tiny face” issue. Scale the model up before running Follow Me. Or use the Dave Method.
The Dave Method is the clever use of components popularized by @DaveR to avoid the tiny face issue.
Sketchup fails to form faces when edge segments get down around the 1/1000" mark. However, tiny faces can exist so the workaround has generally been to scale up your geometry, edit it, then scale back down.
This works, but can lead to some issues.
The Dave Method leverages the power of components to make life easier.
The basic concept is, you start with a component set at the size you want, t…
By the way, since the plinth is circular, you could make the entire thing in one Follow Me operation.
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Thank you very much for your quick response and clear explanation + solution!
I have tried your workaround. This indeed works well.
Thank you for this!
