Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Follow Me

Shows how to use the follow me tool in Google SketchUp with tips and best practices.

Video Outline:
- Introduction to follow-me capabilities
- Tips about how the shape and path work together
- Speedy tips that create instant follow-me results
- Creating lathed objects

Duration : 0:4:21


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25 Responses to “Google SketchUp Toolbar Series: Follow Me”

  1. AnimaGirlaaMusiic on February 27th, 2010 at 12:32 am

    wow this is so …
    wow this is so genius !!! O___O”
    ever seen how long it takes to make a wineglass in wings ?!

    my gosh i love this programm !!!
    much thanks to the programmers !!!

  2. Your layout lines …
    Your layout lines may not be on same plane, If the points are on two different planes then you cant pull or pussh it or by follow me tool

  3. I can’t get the …
    I can’t get the Follow me tool working! I am trying to do round edges and corners: I did an arc and pull it by follow me tool but it didn’t pull like in push/pull-tool. Please help me!

  4. this is some real …
    this is some real hard architecture. But I get it though!

  5. Obrigado
    Obrigado

  6. It’s a mix of arcs …
    It’s a mix of arcs and straight lines. I figure that you you already have got it :)

  7. Thank you so much XD
    Thank you so much XD

  8. No, send me a 1000 …
    No, send me a 1000 dollars, and I send you the program

  9. Oh God, I’ve just …
    Oh God, I’ve just figured out a way to do it, just as explained in this video at 2:55.

    Thanks anyway!

  10. I have a question: …
    I have a question: I have the border of a window. In the inside, next to the glass, it has a diagonal bezel, making the corners of 45° instead of 90°. How can I use the Follow me tool to do this bezel? I did it in a not optimal way, making a small cut with a square and the push/pull tool, but there must be a better way to do it. Could anybody help me?

  11. is this free?
    is this free?

  12. This is a stupid …
    This is a stupid question…but how did she make a nice curved path like that (the first example)? So far all I can make are circles and arcs.

    Sorry, I just started using Sketchup yesterday so I’m completely new to it!

  13. brilliant!
    din …

    brilliant!
    din have any idea there was so much more to sketchup
    thanks!

  14. this takes so much …
    this takes so much time and practice but once you have it..its addictive as hell!!!

  15. I enjoyed the …
    I enjoyed the tutorial. I’ve imported a lot of SketchUp objects to my projects in Live Interior 3D. You can see some walkthroughs of my projects on my page.

  16. neat-o
    neat-o

  17. That is so helpfull …
    That is so helpfull, if i’d have known this a few months ago, i’d be miles ahead now. Thanks, great video!

  18. i like follow me! \ …
    i like follow me! \^o^/

  19. yeah this is the …
    yeah this is the most hard to learn tool. i still get stuck with its sometimes and i’ve been sketching for more than a year.

  20. jesus I love these …
    jesus I love these tutorials! before I started watching these I thought i knew most of the basics but now I can see that I was a complete fool

  21. damned usefull
    damned usefull

  22. wow!!!!! The follow …
    wow!!!!! The follow me tool must have taken a long time to create!!!

  23. how a smart tool
    how a smart tool

  24. omg thank you now i …
    omg thank you now i konw

  25. wow… had I known …
    wow… had I known it was that easy, i would have been making short work of some very complex models!

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