<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Help with FollowMe tool]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/7374/help-with-followme-tool/ Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:49:00 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/66837/#p66837 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)

]]> Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:49:00 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/66837/#p66837 <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/63767/#p63767 btw. the pin is for the center hole in a LP, worked great :-)

]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2014 18:12:06 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/63767/#p63767 <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/63765/#p63765 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...

]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2014 18:05:28 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/63765/#p63765 <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/63758/#p63758 Skectup takes some play/learning :-) 
Nice result there....

]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:48:19 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/63758/#p63758 <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/63733/#p63733 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 :-)

]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:20:44 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/63733/#p63733 <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/63694/#p63694 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?

]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2014 20:17:58 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/63694/#p63694 <![CDATA[Re: Help with FollowMe tool]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/63684/#p63684 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...

]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:09:15 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/63684/#p63684 <![CDATA[Help with FollowMe tool]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/63677/#p63677 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)

]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:25:40 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/63677/#p63677