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