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Follow Me and Groups: Part 3 - Paste in Place

In Part 1 of this series,  I showed how SketchUp’s Follow Me tool can break objects. In Part 2 of this series, I showed how using groups with Follow Me can prevent this.   In this post, I’ll show an even better way to model with Follow Me, while still keeping everything as a group. […]

Follow Me and Groups: Part 2 - No Breaks

In Part 1 of this series, I left off with a fireplace mantel. SketchUp’s Follow Me tool was used to drive the mantel profile along the top of the fireplace. But there are some missing faces in the back corners:   So I’m starting back at this point – a fireplace with a 2D face […]

Follow Me and Groups: Part 1 - Why Groups?

When I first noticed the behavior of SketchUp’s Follow Me tool with groups (and components), I thought it was a bug. And it actually probably was, back in SketchUp Version 4 or 5. Then this feature was written out of SketchUp, then later brought back in. (I don’t know why, in either case, but I’m […]