Looking for an in depth tutorial on "Follow Me"

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I feel like for the most part I have a pretty good grasp of most of the tools in sketch up, I even know my way around the solid tools pretty well (carry over knowledge from MS Visio)

But the results of follow me are always a complete surprise to me.

Usually it does nothing when I first try to drag the face, until (in frustration) I shake the mouse violently, and then Magic!

Sometimes it does exactly what i want,
sometimes my shape is inside out (revers faces)
sometimes it starts behind the beginning of my line then skips a section and then continues on fine.

So I want to know everything i can about it. I want to become a “follow me” master, I want to never be surprised by the result again.

So if anyone can point me to this knowledge it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Don’t try to drag it, select the path with the selection tool, then get the follow me tool and click on the profile.
This is one example.

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Here is another example showing how to make the first and last segments of an arc perpendicular to the profile, to avoid angled end faces.

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Here is something a little more in depth.
Using Follow Me within a group, with the path outside the group.

And I’d recommend this link too.

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