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Right, lets see if this will help.
First: Follow Me. In this example I drew the path and placed the profile on the edge. I selected the entire profile; hold the CTRL key while selecting the line segments. Then I chose the Follow Me tool and clicked on the profile. In this case I deleted the face inside the path before I added the molding profile. I could have left it, double clicked on the face to also select the bounding edges, held Shift and clicked on the face to deselect it and then run Follow Me.
Note that the first line segment in the Follow Me path must be perpendicular to the profile. If it isn't, goofy things happen.
Next: Layers. See these two screen shots. In the window menu, check Layers and Entity Info. You'll get a couple of dialog boxes as seen in the next image.
If you click on the blue bar at the top of the dialog box, it will collapse and look like the Component and Materials boxes. You can move them out of your way as needed.
To add layers, click Add and type a new layer name as desired. To put something on a layer, select that something and then click on the drop down arrow next to "Layer 0" in the Entity Info box and select the desired layer.
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS do your drawing on Layer 0 and move it later to a new layer. That will help you keep things organized.
You can turn layers off to hide parts of your drawing by unchecking the box near the layer name in the Layers dialog box.
Does that give you a start? Let me know if you have more questions.
Dave
First: Follow Me. In this example I drew the path and placed the profile on the edge. I selected the entire profile; hold the CTRL key while selecting the line segments. Then I chose the Follow Me tool and clicked on the profile. In this case I deleted the face inside the path before I added the molding profile. I could have left it, double clicked on the face to also select the bounding edges, held Shift and clicked on the face to deselect it and then run Follow Me.
Note that the first line segment in the Follow Me path must be perpendicular to the profile. If it isn't, goofy things happen.
Next: Layers. See these two screen shots. In the window menu, check Layers and Entity Info. You'll get a couple of dialog boxes as seen in the next image.
If you click on the blue bar at the top of the dialog box, it will collapse and look like the Component and Materials boxes. You can move them out of your way as needed.
To add layers, click Add and type a new layer name as desired. To put something on a layer, select that something and then click on the drop down arrow next to "Layer 0" in the Entity Info box and select the desired layer.
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS do your drawing on Layer 0 and move it later to a new layer. That will help you keep things organized.
You can turn layers off to hide parts of your drawing by unchecking the box near the layer name in the Layers dialog box.
Does that give you a start? Let me know if you have more questions.
Dave
