The ULTIMATE GUIDE to the SketchUp Follow Me Tool!

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The ULTIMATE GUIDE to the SketchUp Follow Me Tool!

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Learn everything you need to know about the SketchUp follow me tool in this tutorial. Unlike the other SketchUp follow me tutorials that I've done in the past, this one rolls in everything that you need to know to become a follow me tool expert!
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@powawowah 6 жыл бұрын

Another clear, concise and to the point video. If you’re serious about learning sketchup this is the channel to follow.

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@mikecavanaugh277 3 жыл бұрын

I knew I was doing something wrong (for years) with the follow me tool and you fixed it in 30 seconds! Great video! I'm going to "follow" YOU now!

@gustarrezende 3 жыл бұрын

Same here! haha

@notAsheep87 5 жыл бұрын

Game changer. Been using sketchup for about a year now and dont think i have used this once until now. Cheers

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome - glad you liked it!

@LuxBacelo 6 жыл бұрын

OMG! I use Sketchup 3 years and now I didn't know a lot of this. I use various plugins to do chamfers, bevels and fillets. I think I will start to do them with this method. Thanks a lot for sharing!

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome - glad it helped! :)

@dominykaszakrys3373 3 жыл бұрын

To think I always used to select a surface and then drag it along the endless string of line only to hope the final mesh is clean and solid without any gaps offace holes or any other nasty shenanigans when you can just select the entire edge path and just click once for sketchup to do it perfectly fine for you... And i considered myself a pro at sketchup xd. You're a lifesaver, Justin

@kattodoggo3868 2 жыл бұрын

Thats exactly why my model has tiny micro missing holes. Whenever i wanted to clean it up all face was gone

@fionapersson1475 4 жыл бұрын

My face while watching this video:😲😲😲😲😲😲😲 This is SUCH a great tool to learn. Thanks!!

@Mrbobinge 3 жыл бұрын

So much wasted time when, instead, I should have come directly here to Essentials. Simple concise 'exactly what was needed' instructions. Worked first time. Thanks very muchly!

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@murph3194 2 жыл бұрын

This tip was perfect for me! I use SketchUp to show home renovations and mitering objects like trim & base and cab doors by hand used to take SO long. Thank you!

@DiEdraStinson 4 жыл бұрын

Whaaaaaat? I love the follow me tool. I use it when making baseboards and ceiling profiles. But I never knew that I didn't have to spend a ton of time spinning around a room's floor to select all the lines... that I can simply click on the face! Cool beans! Thanks, Justin!! 🙌🏽

@steveeriksen7351 6 жыл бұрын

Sometimes the videos that review the basics are the best. Thanks Justin

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve! Glad you liked it!

@jimhester2004 6 жыл бұрын

This was fascinating. Follow Me has always been one of my greatest weaknesses,, and this really helps a lot. Thanks!

@workshopsdavidtsmith 4 жыл бұрын

Why isnt there a video showing how to take a bed post photo, import it in sketch up and then make a 3 d image of it that could be imported into Cabinet Vision?

@JasonDunn01 4 жыл бұрын

@@workshopsdavidtsmith Yeah! And also why isn't there a video of how to 3D scan an individual hair strand, import into Sketchup, and duplicate it at various lengths so we can all import the result into our Hollywood Hair Salon Makeover Deluxe 3.0 software?

@nikolaristoski1489 5 жыл бұрын

Very useful tutorial, I was avoiding follow me tool as hell!

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

It's actually pretty easy once you learn how to use it. Glad it helped!

@chrismorris8474 3 жыл бұрын

This is gonna save me so much time and work

@oratilekele8088 6 ай бұрын

This was waaaaayyy beyond helpful, thank you

@skidiggydiggs4529 3 жыл бұрын

Hi there! Very new to SketchUp and incredibly pleased to have found your channel. The wine glass just blew my mind. Excited to learn more; keep up the great work! :)

@ronaldjohnlouanncadungon5119 4 жыл бұрын

Very useful procedures, now I know it's easy as 1 2 3.. Thanks folk.. Keeping you touch

@soumik9243 2 жыл бұрын

you are the most helpful content creator.... Thanks a lot for these tutorials

@davecurry7657 5 жыл бұрын

I am used to programs that have a revolve tool and was using this tool incorrectly. It was infuriating! This was extremely helpful. Thanks!

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome - glad it helped!

@kungfu7706 5 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial on Follow me. I am just beginning in sketchup and this tool will be an essential in my tool bag

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@yt_bharat 4 жыл бұрын

This is the best tutorial for follow me tool. Thanks bro!

@angelesboronat7953 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you a love the way you explain things. learning more from you than from my course. Thank you. thank you.

@magicswar1502 Жыл бұрын

Thank u so much for the great useful information 👍🏼.

@harshajitdas1927 4 жыл бұрын

I was having so much trouble with the Follow me tools. thanks a lot for the video

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Really glad it helped!

@asthataneja6480 4 жыл бұрын

I Follow all your tutorials and all that really help me learning sketchup tools in different ways. Thanks..

@ppsupport8080 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Sir. It help us alot.

@liliaellis4366 6 жыл бұрын

I didn't know Follow Me can work after opening the group! Nice! :)

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

I didn't either until recently - super helpful!

@securitycameras5977 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, it took me a little while to get used to it but with practice it will be a very valuable tool to use.

@goldbunny1973 4 жыл бұрын

Love the Tutorials. I've always liked Sketchup because of it's ease of use and versatility especially if you add PLUGINS, but I'm deeply disappointed they removed the Terrain from Geolocation Import. That's a real kick in the bunny bits.

@vietnamcrafts5645 5 жыл бұрын

Very clear explanation of the "follow me" tool. Thanks!

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

@vladsid3453 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I have learned a lot in just 13 minutes video.

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@PaulineFerguson 2 жыл бұрын

Great pause while you counted the sides on the hexagon!! (I do that, too) 🤣

@Thesketchupessentials 2 жыл бұрын

All the time! 😎

@rjford 5 жыл бұрын

Just starting to learn SketchUp Thanks for posting Truly Amazing. I have used AutoCAD and Draftsight in the past 2D Free Draft sight will no longer be available after the end of 2019, I didn't want to learn new software but I think they may have done me a big favor forcing me to look at SketchUp Make.

@chrisansari 4 жыл бұрын

This video had exactly what I was looking for - thanks!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@battlespace13 Жыл бұрын

Never knew that about planes and follow me. Thanks!

@Thesketchupessentials Жыл бұрын

👍

@darkman203d 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another quick help.

@pacissekiat4814 2 жыл бұрын

Big help! Thanks!

@Mr.-Zakir Жыл бұрын

Amazing Tutorial.😊

@Sludgepump 5 жыл бұрын

Great examples Justin. Thanks for you clear descriptions!

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@NarendraKumar-bo1bc 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much....I appreciate the way you teach sketch up..I'm learning from you..😊😊😊 . . Thanks a lot

@Oleksii_Ukraine 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thank you very much!

@almagulmenlibayeva5225 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Great video tutorial!! You are an amazing teacher!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! :)

@lukitakwetana9221 2 жыл бұрын

thankyouuuuuu soo much 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@steinarjonsson_ 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! You manage to demonstrate and explain things in such a intuitive way. Keep up the good work.

@edpoitras420 4 жыл бұрын

Great instruction Justin. 2 thumbs up!!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@a-r-t7855 5 жыл бұрын

Dear Sir, Thank u so much... for your ...elaborate..explanations.

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

....elaborate...? You're...welcome... :)

@creativeraaz9 3 жыл бұрын

Great Explanation. Thanks from Bangladesh.

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

@Food-For-Thought 4 жыл бұрын

Who gives a thumbs down for this great video??? There monitors must have been broke🤔 keep it up , love your video's 👍 from me!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Lol - people can have opinions I guess - glad you liked it! :)

@DanielLamHN 4 жыл бұрын

"Follow me" a group by right click then to Edit group is very useful. Thank you

@jarodmorris611 Жыл бұрын

What about rounding corners on a box, but the bottom is 1/2" offset inside so the corners angle down, but towards the interior. I hate using words to describe images lol

@biancamoreira1839 4 жыл бұрын

just amazing ! it helped a Lot ! thank you !

@shs080867 3 жыл бұрын

Really helpful ... Thank you !

@weiseeule Жыл бұрын

Thanx so so much. I love your tutorials and usually everything works out nicely! But with the ball I have a problem. I am still using Sketchup free (2017) and I followed step by step, but after clicking (I tried once and double) within the groups, nothing happens. I once managed getting the belt with exploding group before. Why is that?

@mehdiebi6350 2 жыл бұрын

It was great thanks

@PhallacEye 3 ай бұрын

I have two overlapping rectangles that are components. I have watched every tutorial i can find and I cannot get a clear answer on how to remove the overlapping material from one of the rectangles. I am using SketchUp Make 2017.

@rodrigonvbh 3 жыл бұрын

Tks man!!

@catallaxy 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, thanks man!

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

@nurix2167 3 жыл бұрын

I'm having a bit of an issue with this tool. The shape is good, but there are lines all over it. How do I fix it? I hope you can help me. Thanks.

@bingcholz-bm7yf9hs1b 3 жыл бұрын

thank you

@DREAMHOUSEKMG 6 жыл бұрын

Super this video very help full for me keep it up brother

@refusoagaino6824 6 жыл бұрын

Five years and I didn't know the path doesn't have to be attached to the face or line to be extruded. It's a Yogi Berra moment. On the other hand, more "complex casework" we don't need, but it's good for laying out geothermal lines. The "reverse" FollowMe is similar to how Sketchup extrapolates a topographical sheet from a Google Earth *.png . That was another Yogi event.

@justinekarlalvarez 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks... I love it...

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like it!

@UrgenOlas 10 ай бұрын

Great! Thanks!!)

@Mattsana 3 жыл бұрын

Extrude along a line or spline just seem impossible with SketchUp. The Follow Me and Keep doesn't really provide great results at all even if it manages to keep model upright. Is that the only "follow me" plugin there is? Pipe Along Path doesn't really work since it can only do a perfect round along a line.

@namelessone1811 4 жыл бұрын

Great video very helpful

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks - glad you liked it!

@medepallisai4685 6 жыл бұрын

Pls make a video, how the bending parts to be done ... Using sketch up, the bend radius should be editable....

@jquehe 5 жыл бұрын

I am pretty new to Sketchup's Follow Me tool, and almost every time I try to do a circular extrusion, I get the following message: "Warning the path you have selected does not start or end on the extrusion cross section. Unexpected results may occur." And it is correct, because the results are not what I want. If I try drawing a chain link using two parallel lines with a arc closing both ends, I get the warning and then a chain link with pieces missing in both end curves. I know it probably is a simple error on my part, but I just can't find it.

@seeker9969 Жыл бұрын

nice job good explanations :)

@Thesketchupessentials Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@analuisanavarro1471 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!!!!!

@zanthit 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks,very useful, sir

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@DustyFixes 2 ай бұрын

Hey, Justin. I had the follow me tool working just fine yesterday, but now when I select a path and then select the follow me tool, it un-selects the path. I've tried selecting the path first. Tried selecting the profile I want to follow the path. but, what ever I select gets un-selected when I try to activate the follow me tool. Help me understand what I'm doing wrong, please. As always thank you for your awesome videos.

@DustyFixes 2 ай бұрын

Now I'm even more frustrated. I got it to work, but I don't know what I did. Now it won't work again.

@cawatsoncustomhomesjamaica5933 3 жыл бұрын

Wowwwwww!!!! Thanks TONSSSSS

@nandavenkat 3 жыл бұрын

Best.mi enjoyed ur twin motion tutorials. Best

@hemantkumarsahu8432 11 ай бұрын

How can I curve all the edges of a cube with followme tool

@mohammedqadir6187 9 ай бұрын

wonderful 🎉

@liaoliao5340 4 жыл бұрын

Hey I want to ask,do we have "wield" and "shape bender" already in SU,not that we have to download the plugins by ourselves?

@priyankasingh7993 4 жыл бұрын

Good job sir😄

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@mikedoingmikethings702 Жыл бұрын

I did exactly what you did but mine only highlights the surface…

@juanl1152 4 жыл бұрын

absolute geezer

@shelbythomas3504 3 жыл бұрын

i realy love u man ? thanks so much for sharing

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@VerySadPanda-sr8wz Жыл бұрын

I'm having problems with follow me drawing half-moon circle up a spiral/coil shape. The spiral causes the follow me to twist/spin on itself as the half-moon makes its way up the coil.. It is really infuriating. Any solutions?

@Thesketchupessentials Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdKSpZuDnaeUlIU.html

@joesharplin5443 2 жыл бұрын

Excelente thank you

@Thesketchupessentials 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@sug725 3 жыл бұрын

the goat

@miguelpereira318 2 жыл бұрын

YOu! Legend!

@roddaman7545 2 жыл бұрын

@10:44 - I’ve tried multiple times to create a curved solid (a rounded fireplace) using the follow me tool to extrude a simple recurve shape around a 90 degree arc. The result should look like 1/4 of an 14’ foot tall, inverted vase or jug. Each time, the extrude is funky, with a notch in the corner at the center of the arc because the extrude jumps outside the selected path at the top. The extrude looks fine at the bottom 6” but the whole solid is slightly wider at the top than on the bottom. The curved profile is clean and correct but the vertical edges of the resulting solid lean outward, outside the vertical plane at the radii of the 1/4 circle. It’s kinda bizarre. I’ve started over with new geometry, made sure the profile I’m extruding is 100% vertical and still, the same, weird result. Thoughts?

@Balagangadharan-ij6bn Жыл бұрын

Wonder ful

@gabrieladabrowska7108 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin. Thank you for your tutorials, they are very helpfull. I'm doing alot of interior renders in Sketchup now. I'm wondering if you know how to import 3Ds max file with all textures to Sketchup. I have huge library with interior furnitures but they were made in 3Ds max. I can import one by one and apply all textures but it takes time.

@Thesketchupessentials 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry - I don't really have much experience with 3DS Max, so I'm not sure I can help you with this one...

@ScottPeotter 4 жыл бұрын

So I create a group like a handrail that has a unique top rail and then intermediate rails at 4" OC (7 groups nested in a larger group). I create the line that I want to follow. Sketchup pro 2019 doesn't seem to allow me to select the railing group and then to follow the line. I can get rid of all the groups and individually use the tool for each one. But when I download or create a more complicated shape that doesn't work. It seems that tis tool should be able to be used with a group. WHat am I missing?

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

I guess I don't quite understand the issue - The follow me tool only follows a single path, so it won't follow all or the rails at once...

@trainnowio-solutions2676 5 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to take all of the lines in your model and force them to lie on a horizontal face?

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

You could create a copy and flatten them with FredoScale - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7iRp9hqvrDeeaM.html

@prawiradana931 3 жыл бұрын

YES SIR 👍

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@kaleemshah6282 4 жыл бұрын

thanks

@Thesketchupessentials 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@janlesterdiaz9527 3 жыл бұрын

Sir, I can't execute the part on the @5:02 I already followed the step by step procedure. what's the problem with my work. :(

@janlesterdiaz9527 3 жыл бұрын

It says "It does not appear to be a valid path"

@Thesketchupessentials 3 жыл бұрын

Well then your path isn't a single continuous path and you'll have to fix that

@esm4porsche181 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, great video. Buuuuut, I have a question, you used only 24 segments. I tried to make a Sheave with a radius of 15 and 106 segments. For the life of me, I cannot get that Follow Me function to work on that. How would you make a Sheave/Pulley that's as round (max segments) as possible???

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

The number of segments shouldn't affect this. Does it work if you have less segments?

@esm4porsche181 5 жыл бұрын

@@Thesketchupessentials Thanks for your reply. When I use the original amount of segments, it works. Once I increase the amount, it starts messing up my Sheave. Here's a quick video to show the difference between 24 segments and 106 segments (With 24 segments it looks like I need it) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y81kZreEydqrn4E.html

@Thesketchupessentials 5 жыл бұрын

Try scaling your object up about 5x, running follow me, then scaling it back down again. If your object is fairly small, SketchUp may be having trouble creating all the tiny little edges associated with a smoother curve...

@esm4porsche181 5 жыл бұрын

@@Thesketchupessentials Thanks, that did the trick. It looks like SketchUp cannot handle the smaller things in life ;-)