# "Follow me" tool not giving the wanted result

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-not-giving-the-wanted-result/50149>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Tags:** templates, follow-me\
**Created:** [August 17, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-not-giving-the-wanted-result/50149 "2017-08-17T01:51:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![mygis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@mygis](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/mygis)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-not-giving-the-wanted-result/50149/1 "2017-08-17T01:51:36Z")

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Hello,  
I am new in Skecthup and I have to learn how to design a spring. I followed a few tutorials online and they work fine for me. After designing the spring I had to make it thicker but I have faced two problems:

1. The thickness required is 1.6 mm for the galvanized wire so I used a radius of 0.8 mm to create a circle to be used for the follow me tool. However SU returns with an error saying that the value was too small.
2. I have merged all the lines using the welding extension and managed to use the Follow Me tool, however not all th segments are covered.

My questions:

1. Can I use a value below 1 mm if the template used is based on mm? (I am using construction documentation millimeter template)
2. Where should I start from to troubleshoot this problem with the follow me tool (or my design)?

 ![springs](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/5/6/5645e37f413a6b620312944004bbfee45e9049ca.JPG)

Thank you in advance.  
Lyes

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-not-giving-the-wanted-result/50149/2 "2017-08-17T01:58:53Z")

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You need to work at a larger scale due to the fact SketchUp won’t create those tiny faces. Use the “Dave Method” which you can find described if you search the forum to make a component and scale up a copy of it to edit.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-not-giving-the-wanted-result/50149/3 "2017-11-16T17:59:00Z")

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