Hi how to deal with follow me tool whan modeling curved lines and arches. i wish to model metal pipes and follow me is lost on bows. where can be problem here ? and whats the solution? many thanks [Zrzut ekranu 2021-10-30 o 20.02.38] [Zrzut ekranu 2021-10-30 o 20.03.52]

See this thread: [image] Missing elbows in follow me tool SketchUp Problem with follow me tool SketchUp 8. Practice 201.skp (73.0 KB). Thank you Chuck Stewart

hi but how it might help? its static model without elbows…not helpfull

It does have an ‘elbow’ - i.e. a tight bend… And that’s the parts that are missed ?? Probably because they are too tiny… Being so instantly dismissive is quite unhelpful. So help the helpers - tell us useful things like sizes, dims, segments etc - all those would help…

That thread linked to shows exactly the same problem you are having. If it isn’t helpful to you, it’s because you didn’t look at the solution presented there. [image] Pepel: not helpfull That’s the kind of statement that gets you ignored.

When you have a curved face (delimited by an arc) that follows a tight curve, the short segments generated by this cuve may fall below the threshold below which SketchUp (SU) cannot create a face. You can alleviate this problem by using less segment for the arc delimiting the face or the arc defini…

On the subject of Follow Me tool. I’m trying to do a handrail on a spiral staircase, It’s not easy to get a handrail section on a line that is off the normal axes. Do the the components have to be ‘Edit component’ or Exploded for the FMT to work ?

The path can be in a group, but you must be in the context of the group when you select it. The profile can be in its own group but you must select the path, then the tool then edit the group. You can use the Pie tool to create a face that is perpendicular to your path. You can use this to draw or …

Humm this might work for a project I am working on for me . . Thanks People

Yes but how do you get the spiral first? and I can’t get the Pie tool to set at an angle off the main axis. (I’m only using the free version) I’m trying avoid the community only because I want access to the tutorials, I downloaded them, but when I click on them I get a version conflict? (see screen …

I see no mention of the spiral in your post and your profile says you are using pro 2015. How is it possible to give an appropriate answer when the goal posts are moved twice while under the cover of darkness.

Follow me not always work on arch

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Follow me not always work on arch

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