# \#followme **URL:** https://forums.sketchup.com/tag/followme/66.md [Latest](https://forums.sketchup.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.sketchup.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.sketchup.com/tags.md) --- ## [Help with Follow-Me / Push & Pull round corners](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/help-with-follow-me-push-pull-round-corners/343230)
**Author:** [@kirsten1](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/kirsten1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/help-with-follow-me-push-pull-round-corners/343230 "2026-01-03T22:34:37Z")
Hi all, I’d appreciate some help with creating a pattern with grooves for a door. I wanted to model the details in SketchUp. Here’s what I produced using Push/Pull, which is fine from a distance as I know that PnP doesn… --- ## [Follow me doesn't work precisely!](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-doesnt-work-precisely/340427)
**Author:** [@Mamajidi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Mamajidi)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-doesnt-work-precisely/340427 "2025-09-24T14:47:07Z")
Golzar Home 01.skp (276.6 KB) Hello everybody. In this file i want to make a door frame using follow me tool. I make a surface in plan and then i draw the path like a upside down U .. my desired height is for exampl… --- ## [What the hell? Why so much trouble with the follow-me tool, sometimes](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/what-the-hell-why-so-much-trouble-with-the-follow-me-tool-sometimes/332327)
**Author:** [@marceltanure](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/marceltanure)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/what-the-hell-why-so-much-trouble-with-the-follow-me-tool-sometimes/332327 "2025-06-23T16:25:41Z")
test.skp (28.7 KB) --- ## [Using the follow me tool to make a cylinder shaped object](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/using-the-follow-me-tool-to-make-a-cylinder-shaped-object/328448)
**Author:** [@nate2](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/nate2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/using-the-follow-me-tool-to-make-a-cylinder-shaped-object/328448 "2025-05-22T16:59:34Z")
I often draw a shape, draw a floating circle above one edge of it, and use the follow me tool to get a solid object that’s a 360-degree rotation of that shape. I noticed that when my floating circle has many segments, s… --- ## [Follow me behaves oddly (bug?)](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-behaves-oddly-bug/318924)
**Author:** [@ateliernab](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ateliernab)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-behaves-oddly-bug/318924 "2025-03-13T17:57:17Z")
hey there fellow forumists. I just stumbled on a weird one. to demonstrate, see this first. as you see, I have a group containing a welded path and a face to extrude. next to it will be the exact same but not grouped. … --- ## [FOLLOW ME Tools](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tools/318476)
**Author:** [@godverdoe](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/godverdoe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tools/318476 "2025-03-11T00:48:12Z")
hi im trying to use follow me, and this is what happened. how to avoid like the red circle? --- ## [Encountering issues with the Follow Me tool on SKP Pro 24](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/encountering-issues-with-the-follow-me-tool-on-skp-pro-24/303790)
**Author:** [@jake\_gevorgian](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jake_gevorgian)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/encountering-issues-with-the-follow-me-tool-on-skp-pro-24/303790 "2024-12-13T19:35:33Z")
Hello, I am having problem with the follow me tool. The dimensions on this model are about. 1-1/2" by 3/4"D. Please see the screen recording. --- ## [Making hose shape flexible](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/making-hose-shape-flexible/300493)
**Author:** [@michaelmorrow92m](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/michaelmorrow92m)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/making-hose-shape-flexible/300493 "2024-11-22T23:17:07Z")
Hello there, Im looking for an easier way to make a corrugated hose appear flexible. Is there a way I can use the follow me feature with this or any extension that could help? right now Im just exploding the component an… --- ## [Strange artefacts occurring when using Follow Me with an elliptical pattern, but fine with a circular pattern](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/strange-artefacts-occurring-when-using-follow-me-with-an-elliptical-pattern-but-fine-with-a-circular-pattern/279041)
**Author:** [@smokeshow](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/smokeshow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/strange-artefacts-occurring-when-using-follow-me-with-an-elliptical-pattern-but-fine-with-a-circular-pattern/279041 "2024-06-24T10:43:01Z")
I’m making a dagger handle and I’m getting strange artefacts at the bottom of the handle when I try to use Follow Me with an elliptical pattern. I’ve tried doing the same thing using a circular pattern and everything … --- ## [Left with weird gap after using follow me](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/left-with-weird-gap-after-using-follow-me/268280)
**Author:** [@LaddiusMaximus](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/LaddiusMaximus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/left-with-weird-gap-after-using-follow-me/268280 "2024-04-16T20:42:54Z")
Hi I decided to start over and I am making the saucer section and I when I used the follow me tool to sweep the solid around the edge of the saucer where I started is all messed up. How do I avoid this next time? I added… --- ## [Problems with follow me tool from complex line](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/problems-with-follow-me-tool-from-complex-line/256114)
**Author:** [@flyingpotato](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/flyingpotato)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/problems-with-follow-me-tool-from-complex-line/256114 "2024-01-19T10:48:18Z")
I’m trying to model some rails for this staircase, which is made of a profile that is supposed to support the steps and therefore, obviously, stand upright. They curve as the path spirals downwards, and end up really … --- ## [Followme crash](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/followme-crash/243430)
**Author:** [@j\_jones](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/j_jones)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/followme-crash/243430 "2023-10-01T21:45:16Z")
I have possibly the same problem as this question: Why does face.followme crash Sketchup? I have created a nice tapering spiral with this script. At the end I want to make the spiral thicker by using followme along the … --- ## [Follow Me Tool was changed in a recent update?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-was-changed-in-a-recent-update/237528)
**Author:** [@ViggoPaulman](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ViggoPaulman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-was-changed-in-a-recent-update/237528 "2023-08-07T06:51:20Z")
I have just realized, that the Follow Me tool has a new behaviour and now automatically smoothens surfaces without asking you. Please see the following screencap: The old Follow Me always left the edges of th… --- ## [Create a solid round part using follow me as a lathe](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/create-a-solid-round-part-using-follow-me-as-a-lathe/233835)
**Author:** [@fartsketch3d](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/fartsketch3d)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/create-a-solid-round-part-using-follow-me-as-a-lathe/233835 "2023-06-27T05:21:57Z")
I’m attempting to create a round grommet shape with little friction ribs that I’ll 3D print. I watched the Follow Me as Lathe tutorial on Sketchup learn, but when I do it, the follow me tool just creates the outer shell … --- ## [Follow me tool results shifting off guides/bad geometry](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-results-shifting-off-guides-bad-geometry/233263)
**Author:** [@figuration](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/figuration)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-results-shifting-off-guides-bad-geometry/233263 "2023-06-20T16:20:44Z")
Trying to extrude a face with follow me along a radius. Need a perfect 60 degree section of a circle. The face in question seems to be in plane, its large and not too complex. It sits perfectly along the red axis. I sele… --- ## [Church Window Tracery Follow Me Problem](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/church-window-tracery-follow-me-problem/228911)
**Author:** [@joshpenwarden1](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/joshpenwarden1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/church-window-tracery-follow-me-problem/228911 "2023-05-03T12:31:21Z")
Hi, I have been having a lot of trouble recently with creating church window tracery and, more specifically, with the follow me tool. It seems to me that sketchup is somewhat limited in this department due to the natur… --- ## [Object resulting from Follow Me is not solid](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/object-resulting-from-follow-me-is-not-solid/227460)
**Author:** [@joshpenwarden1](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/joshpenwarden1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/object-resulting-from-follow-me-is-not-solid/227460 "2023-04-18T15:54:48Z")
Hi, I have created an object using the follow me tool and used solid inspector to check if it is a solid - it says it is but sketchup says it is not. I have patched all the holes, and looked for inner faces and edges an… --- ## [Easiest way to draw this type of roof](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/easiest-way-to-draw-this-type-of-roof/224502)
**Author:** [@marceltanure](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/marceltanure)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/easiest-way-to-draw-this-type-of-roof/224502 "2023-03-22T18:27:11Z")
I saw one time someone doing a roof using the follow me tool to this type of roof but I forgot… Does anyone know? --- ## [Can't make the follow me tool work properly in this curved line](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cant-make-the-follow-me-tool-work-properly-in-this-curved-line/221557)
**Author:** [@marceltanure](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/marceltanure)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cant-make-the-follow-me-tool-work-properly-in-this-curved-line/221557 "2023-02-28T15:35:56Z")
how Can I make it follow the line without creating those “wasted” parts down there. --- ## [How to use follow me FAST to make volume lines for cables](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-use-follow-me-fast-to-make-volume-lines-for-cables/201537)
**Author:** [@Voicefromwithin](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Voicefromwithin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-use-follow-me-fast-to-make-volume-lines-for-cables/201537 "2022-06-21T02:14:27Z")
H In in my big concept I have a paisley shapes VALET station. For it to be viable in a possible very hot climates I make the 8m roof overhang in aluminum and plexi glass. I have a hard time to create steel cables to he… --- ## [Need help with follow-me tool to draw a skirt around a sphere](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/need-help-with-follow-me-tool-to-draw-a-skirt-around-a-sphere/198609)
**Author:** [@lord\_nimon](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/lord_nimon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/need-help-with-follow-me-tool-to-draw-a-skirt-around-a-sphere/198609 "2022-05-16T10:57:42Z")
Hi, I need help with the follow-me tool. I’m trying to recreate an object that is only available as an STL, so everything is just a bunch of triangles. Also, it appears that the model is very poorly designed even befor… --- ## [How to properly create followme/sweep](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-properly-create-followme-sweep/196232)
**Author:** [@HeadbuttJ](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/HeadbuttJ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-properly-create-followme-sweep/196232 "2022-04-19T13:56:26Z")
I want to create a sweep as shown on the photo, but the result is not what I expected. Do I need to remove the faces/lines one by one and create new faces to cover the holes? I am wondering if there is any easier met… --- ## [Follow me tool not working properly?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-not-working-properly/178443)
**Author:** [@AcidAddict33](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/AcidAddict33)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-not-working-properly/178443 "2021-10-16T21:56:59Z")
Hello, I’m having issues with the follow me tool and I can’t seem to find this issue anywhere else. I’m trying to extrude this half circle shape along this half circle arc, but it defaults to this flat arc shape instead… --- ## [Follow Me not following all of path](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-not-following-all-of-path/178336)
**Author:** [@pipcart](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/pipcart)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-not-following-all-of-path/178336 "2021-10-15T16:06:11Z")
Hi Everyone, I did this: drew a path consisting of a series of lines and curves drew a circle normal to the end of the path muliti-clicked the path, so it was all selected chose Follow Me clicked the face of the circle … --- ## [Follow me tool is twisting around turns](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-is-twisting-around-turns/78847)
**Author:** [@kasp422d](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/kasp422d)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-is-twisting-around-turns/78847 "2021-08-23T12:14:29Z")
I am building a dragon swirled around a pilar. This is how it will look once done, hopefully. Along my path I have come across a few problems. Many if them went away with hours of wa… --- ## [I can't use follow tool for this curve (iamge included)](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/i-cant-use-follow-tool-for-this-curve-iamge-included/172643)
**Author:** [@mange.drawing.123](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/mange.drawing.123)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/i-cant-use-follow-tool-for-this-curve-iamge-included/172643 "2021-08-13T20:09:23Z")
I used Freehand Line to draw a quick line on the retangle plan . Then erase the rectangle, and now I want ot use a follow me tool for a circle to create a single plant branch --- ## [Follow me tool to create arc around curved lines](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-to-create-arc-around-curved-lines/171468)
**Author:** [@pisdihly](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/pisdihly)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-tool-to-create-arc-around-curved-lines/171468 "2021-07-31T02:43:00Z")
hi everyone im new here could smone tell me how to avoid this? i am trying to use follow me tool to create arc around lines but when the profile gets to curved line this happens! --- ## [Panel molding with follow me tool and arc](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/panel-molding-with-follow-me-tool-and-arc/166098)
**Author:** [@Guillaurent](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Guillaurent)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/panel-molding-with-follow-me-tool-and-arc/166098 "2021-05-28T15:27:23Z")
Hello As a woodworker, I’m having problems with the follow-me tool. I’m trying to model a panel with a molding on the outside edge, the panel has a stopped arc shape on top: Path and Molding If I select (triple cl… --- ## [Need help wrapping molding on a curved valance](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/need-help-wrapping-molding-on-a-curved-valance/139899)
**Author:** [@wildiristrim](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/wildiristrim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/need-help-wrapping-molding-on-a-curved-valance/139899 "2020-10-22T04:57:04Z")
I am a carpenter and I need to design a curved valance for a client. I am very new to SketchUp but I was able to draw the basic structure of the valance. The mill I am using has the molding profiles available in .dwg, .d… --- ## [Follow me not following path](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-not-following-path/137330)
**Author:** [@labsy](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/labsy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/follow-me-not-following-path/137330 "2020-09-27T17:26:08Z")
Hi guyz, sorry for newbie and probably many times repeated question, which seems to bother most of beginners. But what am I doing wrong when drawing a path for follow me pipe? 1.) I use PENCIL to draw straight-edge sha… [Next page](https://forums.sketchup.com/tag/followme/66.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=followme)