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[pascallabillois23]

Hi, so I created a path, then my shape. When it follows the path, it skips the corners. Why is that?

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[DaveR]

Most likely because it’s too small and SketchUp won’t create the tiny faces that are required. Best option is to work at a larger scale or use The Dave Method.

[IanT]

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…

[pascallabillois23]

it’s 1", 1" and the corners are 1/8"
How do i work at a larger scale and then scale it down precisely to 1", 1"? Thanks in advance.

[DaveR]

@pascallabillois23

it’s 1", 1" and the corners are 1/8"

So that’s too small.

Easiest method is to use The Dave Method because you don’t have to work out scale factors for dimensions.

If you do want to scale up and scale back down, scale up by a factor of say, 100 and back down by a factor of 0.01.

[pascallabillois23]

awesome. Thanks I’ll read about it.

[pascallabillois23]

it worked!!! thanks a million