The “Follow me” tool (1)

The “Follow Me” tool uses a 2D figure and copies it along a path. This path can be lines, and also planes.
So, what do we to need for using the “Follow Me” tool?
A shape and a path.

A number of examples makes this clear.

We had already seen how to use tools to create a sphere from a circle in Lesson 15 of this course, but we can do a lot more.

A second example is the use of the “Follow Me” tool along a line.

I have already drawn a circle and a number of lines. The circle is the 2D figure to be copied, the lines are the path for the 2D-circle to follow.

 

Now we have a number of ways to use the “Follow me” tool.
One way is the “Follow Me” button option in the toolbar, and with this tool selected, move the mouse pointer over the 2D figure, in this case the circle, then click and drag it across the length of the path , then release the mouse button.
If you wish to do  only part of these lines , then you let the mouse button go when you’ve reached endpoint of your choice.

 

A second way is to select all the lines , which form the path (1), select the “Follow Me” tool from the tool bar (2), and double-click the 2D figure, in this case the circle (3).
I think this is the quickest way.

 

However you do, it does not matter. Either way, this gives the following result:

 

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