Hi, I am trying to draw such intersecting objects. I am now drawing the one from the left using the FollowMe tool along the line. While I automatically went through the first of these transversal components without a problem, the second one is no longer possible. I can’t find the reason for this. Can you help me how to do it so that I can use FollowMe to pass through other objects?
Possibly a break in the path. Share the .skp so we can see what you are working with.
Here you go:
dom.skp (3.0 MB)
I can get around this problem by turning off the layer with those transverse elements, but in general I was curious how to do it when they are on.
First thing I notice is that you are using layers (tags) incorrectly and you aren’t grouping geometry. ALL edges and faces should be created and remain with Layer 0 assigned to them. Layer 0 should be active at all times. Layers in SketchUp do not provide separation. You need to be using groups and/or components to provide separation between parts of the model.
The other thing I see if the path is broken into many short segments where it crosses the existing extrusions. I would expect that you’ve missed selecting at least one of those edges when trying to run Follow Me.
When all of the edge segments are selected Follow Me runs just fine. It does create a bunch of geometry that merges with existing geometry, though.
I think the easiest thing to do would be to start over and use correct methods for grouping and for layer usage.
I fixed the incorrect layer/tag usage.
I see you also have a lot of incorrectly oriented faces. There should be no visible blue back faces in your model.
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