Hi all,
Relative novice here, and I’ve been trying to use the follow-me tool to create a moulding profile around a rectangular face and I keep getting the error “the profile must be perpendicular to the selected path.” When I just have the profile follow a single perpendicular line it works fine.
I’m sure I’m missing something simple here, but I thought you could create full picture-frame shapes (minus miters) using follow-me. In this case I’m trying to create trim around the top of a workbench model.
Thanks,
Reid
follow me has a mantra.
select path
click on follow me tool
click on shape.
so consider this shape.
the path is all the sides of the top face.
the shape you want to remove is the small triangle.
a common mistake is that we miss one or more of the path lines. in your case, you might have forgotten the one bottom right, because sketchup says your path is not perpendicular.
a neat trick is to do this :
the first selection needs a path. it’ll ignore the face itself. double clicking on the top face will select the face and the 4 lines (5 in fact)
at this point, just repeat the mantra.
double click on the top face,
click on follow me,
click on the triangle.
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Thanks for this info and will try later this evening.
I’m also not very clear on the influence and function of components/groups during follow-me operations. Do the path and the cutting face need to be within the same component instance?
well no, you could open the path instance, select the path, click on follow me, then right click outside of the instance to close it and finally click on the face.
or the opposite, select the path, click on follow me, then right click on the face instance, open it, and click on the face.
or a combo, open the path instance, select the path, click on follow me, then right click outside of the instance to close it and right click on the face instance, open it, and click on the face.
but I find it easier if both are in the same instance.
