<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Help with FollowMe tool]]> 2014-09-23T14:49:00Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/7374/help-with-followme-tool/ <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> I had the same problem as this when trying to make a small sphere for the top of a bishop (Chess pieces) I just found out that apparently the follow me tool has issues creating small curved surfaces so if you build the piece on a larger scale and then scale it down it will work.  (I haven't been able to try this yet)

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/7376/ 2014-09-23T14:49:00Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/66837/#p66837 <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> btw. the pin is for the center hole in a LP, worked great :-)

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4901/ 2014-08-19T18:12:06Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/63767/#p63767 <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> Thank you :-)

I have used SketchUp for some time (still great to make something quick and easy) but I often find myself fighting the quirks and strange slicer errors that SketchUp can give...

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4901/ 2014-08-19T18:05:28Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/63765/#p63765 <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> Skectup takes some play/learning :-) 
Nice result there....

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/6957/ 2014-08-19T17:48:19Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/63758/#p63758 <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> Ok, so I gave up on SketchUp and downloaded openscad.

Including the time to download, figuring out how to use it, till I got a design I was happy with. I spent maybe 30-45mins, a lot less than I spent fighting SketchUp yesterday.

Here is what i did in openscad:
---
union(){

cylinder(h=2,d1=20,d2=20,$fn=100);

cylinder(h=8,r1=3.6,r2=3.6,$fn=50);

translate([0, 0, 8])
sphere(r = 3.6,$fn=50);

}
---

Pic shows what I ended up with :-)

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4901/ 2014-08-19T11:20:44Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/63733/#p63733 <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> Hi Tommy thanks for your time, i tried making a new figure, its still the same.... any chance you could upload the file that you got working?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4901/ 2014-08-18T20:17:58Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/63694/#p63694 <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> CarstenBe wrote:

Never a big fan of the follow me tool in Sketch Up, but now I need to make a pin with a curved top. The only way I can see to do this is with the FollowMe tool...

I can get it to follow fine, just not the curved top.... :-(

Can anyone please help...

(I so need to learn how to design in openscad)


It is your figure there is defect, i tryed whit it and the top disapear  i make a new one like yours and it works fine...

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/6957/ 2014-08-18T19:09:15Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/63684/#p63684 <![CDATA[Help with FollowMe tool]]> Never a big fan of the follow me tool in Sketch Up, but now I need to make a pin with a curved top. The only way I can see to do this is with the FollowMe tool...

I can get it to follow fine, just not the curved top.... :-(

Can anyone please help...

(I so need to learn how to design in openscad)

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/4901/ 2014-08-18T18:25:40Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/63677/#p63677