Sketchup plugin with a lot of potential | Far (Follow andRotate ) Tutorial

Here’s another interesting sketchup plugin with a lot of potential. Follow and Rotate (FAR) and is definately a niche plugin and can be a bit quirky/buggy but could be really useful if you’re doing some specialized modeling , cables, ropes, spires, steeples, stalagtites, etc…

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Here’s another interesting plugin with a lot of potential. Follow and Rotate (FAR) and is definately a niche plugin and can be a bit quirky/buggy but could be really useful if you’re doing some specialized modeling (cables, ropes, spires, steeples, stalagtites/stalagmites, etc…).

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First step:

•  Select a face or faces and then select a line, arc, or a series of both welde.

•  Make sure that you select the face(not its surrounding lines).

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Second step:

1- click Follow & Rotate in the Plugins menu.

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Third step:

1- You tell the plugin how many degrees of rotation you want the face to rotate as it follows the line.
2- Click ok.

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The result :

1- Degree :12    scale : 01

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2- Degree :25    scale : 01

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3- Degree :22    scale : 0.9

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4- Degree :22    scale : 0.7

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