Gentle slope or offset of a tube

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I’m trying to put a 2.5 inch offset bend in a 4" inch tube. (see images) what I did in reality was to slowly heat a piece of 4" PVC until it was pliable and them gently moved it into place. The problem is that SketchUp does not have a blow torch tool. (I checked).

I have tried follow me and a few things with the move tool that did not work. I know that there are extensions that would help but they are unavailable to me. I’m sure the answer is in the Follow me tool but i cant seem to get the tube to move vertically without moving on the horizontal axis as well.

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Thanks for any help.

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I’m not sure what problem you had with Follow Me. If you draw a path along the center line of the tube and a ring perpendicular to the path at the end, you should be able to run Follow Me with no problem.

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Well, as I’m sure your aware SketchUp only works properly AFTER I spend the time to make a fool of my self on the forum.

Works fine now, but i swear it kept kicking left the 5 times i tried it before.

Thanks

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I found the Options button that is hidden in plain sight on the Import File dialog after complaining loudly in the original SketchUp forum about DWG import not supporting metric units. I was firmly but cordially put into my place.

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The only fool is the one who doesn’t ask questions. Ignorance can be cured with knowledge.

See? Problem solved :wink:

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