As far as drawing the sphere, if you set them up as shown in this image when you run the Follow Me tool you'll end up with a sphere with nothing to prevent it from being a Solid Component as you can see in this image.
As far as drawing the sphere, if you set them up as shown in this image when you run the Follow Me tool you'll end up with a sphere with nothing to prevent it from being a Solid Component as you can see in this image.