All language subtitles for 613241-31 - Follow me - The definitive SKETCHUP course. From beginner to expert.en-US

Hello people and welcome
to this new class.

Inward, we're going
to see a very,

very powerful tool which
is called Follow me.

We will find it here in

the transformation panel
under this icon, Follow me.

The description says follow

a path with asset-backed
that phase,

but actually it has much
more functions and features.

So let's start here
with this model

in where we can see
a path and a face.

So basically the
tool is going to

extrude our surface
along the path.

We have two ways for doing this.

The correct one and
the incorrect one.

The incorrect one
would be to hit

the tool and then go
directly to our surface,

one-click and release and move
our mouse along the path.

As you can see, we can
do it using this way,

but we can find some kind of

problems when we want
to turn the corners.

And the more complex
the path is,

the more difficulties
we will find.

The best way is to
select first our path,

then hit the tool,

one click and release.

On our surface, everything
will be done in 1 s.

We can see how this tool
makes these 3D model

merging everything together
perfectly in the corners.

And this is a very huge
time-saver because MIN,

if we wanted to do
this by ourselves,

we should add and
remove material here.

And it could be
very problematic.

In addition to this,

we have to take
into account that

this tool is not
working The asked

when our path is in contact
with our surface like before,

but we can use it as

well when there is
no contact at all.

Like in this example,

we have this path,

we have this surface,

and they are not in contact
between each other.

So the mechanism
will be the same.

We have just to select
the path firstly,

then hit the tool and
go to the surface.

One-click.

As you can see, that surface,

that kind of ring
we had before has

been extruded along the path,

creating this kind of hold,

this kind of pipeline, right?

But this tool is not working
just with linear paths,

but with circular paths as well,

or better said, closed
paths like e.g.

this one, we have this,

we have this Eds,

we have this EDS,

and we have this Eds.

We have a square here and one
profile I drew before here,

using this tool, we will be
able to extrude this profile,

this shape, along this path.

First, we select the path.

Then we hit the tool on

one click on our
say, here we are.

We can create these
complex shape very easy.

And as you can see again,

on the corners, everything is

merged in a very smooth way.

However, we can use this
tool as well without

using the atheists but
using their surfaces.

I mean, control set
when a step back.

And then if I want to
select those edges,

that path, in order to
do the same function,

I could click just on

the surface heat the tool

SketchUp will know
that we want to

select the edges on
the perimeter of

that surface and then one
click on the shape again,

we have the same result.

In addition to these,

apart of adding material,

we can remove
material using these.

Follow Me too.

Again.

I select the surface,

then I hit the tool.

One click on this surface,
what is going to happen?

The extrusion along the
path is going to remove

the material along
these square one hit.

And here we have the result.

This is very interesting because

we can do this kind of stuff.

E.g. I.

Will use the Arc tool now,

one-click, hear, one-click here.

Let's say that our sales will
be more or less like that.

We have the surface,

then we can again select

this surface in order to get
the perimeter as a path.

Then we hit the tool.

One-click here.

We have here this another
example in where we will do

exactly the same but
working in another plane,

I will click the surface.

I will hit the tool.

One click on my profile.

We can create this
kind of relief for,

let's say, a window.

Imagine that this surface, e.g.

is not solid, is glass.

So I go to material
less and minerals,

translucent glass
tinted, e.g. one-click.

And we have then
this window with

this kind of
sophisticated frame.

In addition to this,

we can create that frame
around this perimeter

even when our profile is
not in contact with that,

as we said before.

So one-click on the surface,

we hit the tool, one
click on our profile.

And here we have that frame,

which is keeping that
distance to that perimeter.

Finally, another feature of

this tool is the possibility to

create what is called surfaces

of revolution, e.g. a. Cone.

Say, imagine that we want
to create a cone shape.

We can't do it by using
the extrude tool.

Because if I want to do it,

I just can create this
kind of triangle in 3D.

So we need this.

Kind of profile to turn
around this circular path.

That is the definition of
a surface of revolution.

So again, we select
first the path.

It could be this surface.

If we want to select
the circumference,

then we hit the tool one
click on our profile,

and here we have our condensate.

Sometimes you will
find that e.g.

here, it is not closed the
ground floor of this comb,

then maybe we have to
do it by ourselves.

I just have to draw
with a line tool

one diagonal and then
erase this line.

Now I could reverse phases.

Here we are.

However, when you
are using this tool,

you can find some time some
difficulties because e.g.

here we have these two cycles.

They are not in contact at all.

And we will use this cycle

on the ground floor
as a path and

this cycle above
it as the surface

that we want to extrude
along the path.

So I select surface,

I hit the tool,

one click on my sake.

And here we have this sphere.

This is a very nice way for
creating an atmosphere.

On this another example,

we have the same both cycles,

but the position between
each other is different.

If we repeat the same process,

we select this cycle as a path.

We hit the tool and we click
on this cycle in order

to extrude this cycle

along the path we don't
have here on a sphere,

but we have this kind of
ring along this cycle.

This is because of
the relative position

between each other on
this another example,

the center of the cycles not
aligned along the blue axis,

as in the first case
with the sphere.

And they are not
aligned neither along

the red axis as in
the second example.

If I repeat the same process,

I select this surface for

selecting the
circumference as a path.

I hit the tool,

one click on my safe,

then you can see here

this new shape that
we have generated.

If you wanted to
understand better how this

safe or why does this
say is like that?

We can go one step
back and then use

the tool directly to our
say, one-click and release.

Then we move the
mouse along the path.

We can see how this path
is being generated.

In this case, it is a little
bit strange, in my opinion.

To finish this class,
we will use this follow

me tool with this chest bone.

Remember that we worked with

this just pond in
different episodes before.

You can use it now in order
to create the 3D model.

Because again, if we
just extrude this poem,

the result will not
be good enough.

If I use the Post
poll tool here,

one click and release,

we will create this kind
of orthogonal extrusion,

which actually is
not correct, right?

So we need to create here again,

a surface of revolution.

Furthermore, we
have here a group,

the chest bone is
inside a group box.

But even when our geometry
is placed inside a group,

we can use the follow me to

the mechanism is more
or less the same.

We have to select our path.

Secondly, we hit the tool and

then if we move the
mouse to our sake,

we will find this
forbidden icon because

the geometry is placed
inside that group.

But then we click
the right button,

edit group, we are
already inside the group.

Follow me to remember the
path we had selected.

So now one-click and
release on the cycle e.g.

and we have the sphere.

The thing now is that we can't
do it over and over again.

We need to go out
from the cycle and

start again from the
beginning, select the path,

hit the tool right
button, edit group,

and one click again
on the next surface.

Here we are.

And we should repeat this
process three more times.

Once we have finished
our chest poem,

we can delay to the surface

because we don't want
the path anymore.

And here we have the result of

our chest bone modelled
in a very nice way.

As you can see, this
tool is super powerful,

much more than many
people used to think.

I strongly recommend
you to use it.

Practice with it with

different geometries because
it is a little bit tricky.

And in the next episode,

we will see the last tool of
the transformation panel,

which is this offset tool.

It is much more easier
but useful as well.