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Sweep a profile along a path with Follow Me

Follow Me drives a flat face along a path of lines or curves and leaves the solid it sweeps out: a pipe from a circle, a handrail, a moulding round a corner.

Tool: Follow Me3 steps · 3 pictures

  1. Draw the profile as a face standing across the start of the path — here a circle at the end of an L-shaped line. Then pick Follow Me on the rail.

    Draw the profile as a face standing across the start of the path — here a circle at the end of an L-shaped line. Then pick Follow Me on the rail.

  2. Click the profile face. It is picked, and Follow Me waits for the path.

    Click the profile face. It is picked, and Follow Me waits for the path.

  3. Click the path. The face is swept along all of it, round the corner too, and becomes a solid.

    Click the path. The face is swept along all of it, round the corner too, and becomes a solid.

Good to know

  • You can also select the path first with Select, then pick Follow Me and click the profile face: the sweep follows the selected path at once.
  • The profile has to be a face; until you click one, Follow Me asks for it.

Related

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