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The Follow Me tool - Sketchup Pro Tutorial
From the course: SketchUp Pro Lunchtime Lessons
The Follow Me tool
- [Narrator] A lot of people get anxiety. whenever the Follow Me tool is mentioned. I hear things like, "I can't get it to work," or "I don't get it." I hope this exercise will help familiarize you with this extremely useful, yet sometimes painful tool. The Follow Me tool is another way to extrude objects, just like the Push/Pull tool. However, the Follow Me tool, unlike Push/Pull, can go around corners and curves without difficulty creating a beautifully linked extrusion. The Follow Me tool requires two things: A face, usually a profile of the object we will extrude and a path for the profile to follow along for the extrusion. The path is just a series of edges, either straight or curved or a combination of both. I use the Follow Me tool a lot for bullnoses, whether on stairs, around countertops, such as this one, or on trim, such as molding. We will add a bullnose to the nosing on the stairs. All of these treads are…
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- Axes.zip
- Paste_in_place.zip
- Layout_Dims.zip
- Layout_Scenes.zip
- Roof.zip
- VCB.zip
- Polar_Array.zip
- Circle_Tool.zip
- Smoove_tool.zip
- Shortcuts.zip
- 01_12.zip
- Create_Stairs.zip
- Adv_Files.zip
- Align_Axis.zip
- Collection.zip
- Follow_Me.zip
- Fade_Model.zip
- Inferences.zip
- Move_Tool.zip
- Adv_edges.zip
- Tape_Measure.zip
- Match_Photo.zip
- Textures.zip
- Printing.zip
- Scrapbooks.zip
- Export_to_CAD.zip
- Find_Components.zip
Contents
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Locking axes (Shift vs. Arrow keys)6m 1s
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Paste in Place6m 32s
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Dimensioning in SketchUp LayOut6m 18s
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Scenes in SketchUp LayOut9m 21s
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Extension: Roof8m 41s
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Use the Measurements box (VCB)7m 17s
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Polar array6m 30s
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A circle has 24 sides6m 38s
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Smoove tool12m 19s
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Create your own shortcuts5m 59s
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Find components quickly3m 17s
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Viewports in SketchUp LayOut7m 36s
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Exporting a model to CAD4m 36s
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Three quick ways to create stairs7m 34s
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Create your own materials collection2m 30s
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The Follow Me tool4m 12s
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Advanced edges4m 52s
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Aligning objects to axes2m 27s
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Three uses for the Tape Measure tool6m 53s
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Match photos10m 19s
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Make unique textures6m 10s
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Print to scale3m 23s
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Scrapbooks in LayOut10m 19s
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Making the most of inferences9m 3s
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Advanced Move tool8m 28s
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Fade models in Edit Mode3m 37s
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