The clip only goes 5mm around the circle, not the full way.
I think Iām over-complicating this, by a lot. Have you tried just connecting the faces with your line tool? I guess I am having a tough time wrapping my head around what you want the final design to look like. on my models so far, segments of the original cylinder edge have been larger than 5mm, so my end result is a box off the edge. Because of that, I am either over-simplifying this, or mis-understanding what you need. Could you model just a rough idea of what the clip will look like? then we can worry about putting the two together.
~Drew
With the dimensions provided, this is what I came up with, but I donāt think itās what youāre after.
Do not start on vertex, the profile is suppose to be perpendicular to edge at start plus starting on edge gives nice normal to stop and will help printā¦ Just draw line at the desired 5 mm stop point to forec a segment to make your 5mm total length.
Extrude "lock"first and then PP lid 5 mm thickness works ok;
I cannot get the Follow me tool to work in second mode as use to for either 8 or 2014. IE select profile, then edge. vs edge then profile?
drew that is what I am after, how did you get it? The clip in actuality is slightly more complicated then that, but that was the part I was having issues with, I can worry about the details that need to be done with that. Would you be able to provide the steps? Also ideally the cylinder would have more faces then the one pictured would this work going over 2 or more faces?
This is where sharing SKP files is more useful than sharing images. A file you can touch and poke around inside to examine the settings.
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that seems to take too much effort now
Here are the steps you asked for. First, make note that this was done with a 100 sided circle, to the scale you requested of 180mm diameter circle.
First, make your circle at a 90mm radius.
Push/Pull to 5mm.
Make sure you are on the axis points. In this case, I chose the point that was directly on the red axis. Then draw a 5mm line along the red axis.
Next draw another 5mm line along the green axis.
Complete the square with another 5mm line to the circle. Make sure the pink line that indicates a parallel is showing. This will be easy to see, as it is the only way to make the square fill in.
Finally, just Push/Pull the requested 13mm.
I tested this method, and since your 5mm mark is smaller than the actual segments, this works every time that I have tried it, no matter how many faces I use. Now, as a caveat, if weāre talking more than 100 faces (which should be unnecessary), we may have to do some math. Let me know if thatās the case. Otherwise, I hope this solves your issue. Occamās Razor for the win! 
~Drew
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Thatās awesome, that will do great. Thanks!
Glad to help. Let me know if I can help further.
~Drew
Sean,
One of SketchUpās most endearing qualities is flexibility; TIMTOWTDI applies.
Try to keep that in mind as youāre learning to model with SU and endeavor to use it to your advantage.
Youāll save yourself (and others kind enough to help you) a whole lot of time and frustration.
Thereās certainly more than one way of modeling the lid as a Solid.
With a bit of knowledge, practice and forethought itās no more than a 30-second task.
@Cotty and @Shep each demonstrated a perfectly sound method of modeling the lid.
Ignoring these experienced fellows in stubborn pursuit of your misconceptions seems rather inane.
Hereās another way you might consider.
Whether you choose to be enlightened by the helpful advice of others is entirely up to you.
Scientia potentia est ā¦ Lex parsimoniae, indeed.
30-Second Lid.skp (59.4 KB)
Geo,
I do appreciate they tried to help and you did as well, as everyone can well see Iām very new to sketchup. I was simply following the simplest to understand and most relevant method. I wasnāt exactly clear on what I was trying to do. I took a look at your Lid, cotty and sheps lids. And while all three are good, they didnāt achieve the end goal. Drew29 provided exactly what I was looking for which is a clip not a lip.
Iām sorry this has blown up in to a political debate, and I hope I havenāt offended anyone as this is never my intention.
Here is a picture of my finished product:
If it were feasible I would buy you all a beer for the effort put forth on this!
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For your interest ā¦ 30-Second Lid with Lip.skp (42.5 KB)
Geo
RE: Solid of Revolution
This would explain, why something like this, ends up without a solid face on one side? Due to the fact I has not completed a full rotation of the circle?
If so what is the best way to generate a solid object like the one above? For the picture above I ended up just filling in the hole with 3 squares.
On a completely different side note, you donāt by some far out chance own a Makerbot do you?
Not in the least.
Thereās no requirement to lathe the shape full circle.
The product of a Follow Me operation depends uponā¦
ā¢ Geometry size and complexity
ā¢ Relative position/orientation of path to shape
ā¢ How the tool was employed. Notice the video tutorial describes three ways.
Given only a picture of the result, one can only guess why thereās a missing face at the end.
Follow the advice of the resident modeling mavenā¦
Post the model saved in the state just prior to activating the Follow Me tool and weāll have a look.
Iām having issues reproducing it now, If it crops up again I will post in a separate thread.
If you are now having trouble reproducing it, it sounds like you already getting better at this modeling stuff.
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