# Need Help turning Spiral into Cable - Please

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/need-help-turning-spiral-into-cable-please/31290>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [September 24, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/need-help-turning-spiral-into-cable-please/31290 "2016-09-24T20:44:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![jlthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jlthorne](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jlthorne)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/need-help-turning-spiral-into-cable-please/31290/1 "2016-09-24T20:44:42Z")

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Hello, I am very new to Sketchup, I am trying to make a cable to look like this. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/3/4/34e4934ea01d779f7a623935a37ea2433c15d219.jpg)  
I installed the spiral plugin and created a spiral that looks like this

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/7/9/799393f726c3b4dc519b5cf8dda381e709777b8d.jpg)

I added the disk but cannot figure out how to make the FollowMe tool work. Or is there a better way? Can someone please help.

Thanks

Thanks Jeff

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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:** [September 24, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/need-help-turning-spiral-into-cable-please/31290/2 "2016-09-24T20:48:47Z")

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First, explode the group containing the spiral. Then select the spiral, get Follow Me and click on the face of the circle.

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**Author:** ![jlthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@jlthorne](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jlthorne)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/need-help-turning-spiral-into-cable-please/31290/3 "2016-09-24T21:54:22Z")

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Thanks so much for your response. It worked, and I never would have thought of that. I didn’t realize it was in a group. Thanks so much Jeff

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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:** [September 24, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/need-help-turning-spiral-into-cable-please/31290/4 "2016-09-24T23:05:24Z")

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Happy to help.

The clue that the spiral is in a group is the bounding box surrounding it. And the path (spiral) and the profile (circle) need to be in the same context for Follow Me to work.