Creating Round Extrusions with the SketchUp Follow Me Tool – SketchUp Essentials #7



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This is another tutorial to help teach how to use the follow me tool in SketchUp. This tool is very useful in creating shaped by extruding profiles along a path.

This SketchUp tutorial focuses on using the follow me tool to create circular shapes like wine glasses, fountains, light bulbs, etc.

1:03 – Extruding a thin profile in a circle to create a shape

5:14 – Planning your extrusions to save time and effort

6:00 – Breaking your shapes into separate faces before extruding

6:11 – Coloring before extruding

6:44 – Grouping different extrusions for easy management

7:39 – Managing number of faces to speed up your SketchUp Model

8:06 – Managing the segments in your circle

9:15 – 19,559 Entities in your model?!?!

10:34 – Extrude along a circle with less segments for less faces

11:45 – Lower poly vs Higher poly comparison

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