Sketchup Pro 2017 Trying to draw a simple bail for a locking latch for a cabinet. I draw a rectangle, round the corners for the extrusion path. In the example I’ve attached, the three corners that are open on the inside are drawn using a radius in the corners larger than the extruded circle. In th…

You’re working at too small a size. Use the Dave Method. [image] The Dave Method Tutorials The Dave Method is the clever use of components popularized by @DaveR to avoid the tiny face issue. Sketchup fails to form faces when edge segments get down around the 1/1000" mar…

Thanks Dave, I appreciate the help, it does indeed work :-)…Mike

You’re welcome. Make sure you correct the face orientation if you wind up with exposed blue back faces as you show in your screenshot.

Thanks Again Dave, worked like a top. Not a professional latch for sure but it gets the point across LOL: [image]

Good. Depending on how you are going to use it, you might find it helpful to simplify it by reducing the number of segments in the arcs and circles you draw. I assume you are modeling this for your own use. Although it’s good practice to learn to model different objects, you might find it makes se…

[image] DaveR: I assume you are modeling this for your own use. Although it’s good practice to learn to model different objects, you might find it makes sense to simplify this sort of thing to the bare minimum. Maybe a couple of simple boxes with the screw holes indicated would be enough. The ho…

Corners when extruding along path

SketchUp

DaveR January 8, 2023, 9:47pm 2

You’re working at too small a size. Use the Dave Method.

Topic		Replies	Views
Follow me tool Pro follow-me-tool	6	1225	November 16, 2018
Error when trying to create rounded edge SketchUp modeling	1	1239	October 16, 2017
What did I do wrong? SketchUp	2	875	December 12, 2021
Can't draw a dice, with rounded corners SketchUp	14	2788	January 9, 2020
The Dave Method Tutorials	0	14038	August 9, 2017

Corners when extruding along path

Related topics