Drilling holes, an old topic and new example

[DaveR]

@shdesign

how do I scale up and scale back to to make sure I get exactly the same size components afterwards as before?

We’ve talked about this before, too. If you use the method I described to you, you don’t have to scale back down afterwards.

The Dave Method

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" mark. However, tiny faces can exist so the workaround has generally been to scale up your geometry, edit it, then scale back down. This works, but can lead to some issues. The Dave Method leverages the power of components to make life easier. The basic concept is, you start with a component set at the size you want, t…

All that nesting creates problems for you in your modeling. Better not to do it.