Greetings all It’s been a long time since I have used SU ( busy times here) and I have just drawn a rotating tool stand for my shed. It took a bit of working out as I had to dig through the old grey matter and try to remember what I had learnt . My drawing looks like something I can use to create…

Is there a way that I can place this brace in the middle of the other 2 ? When I copy the brace it snaps the outer edge to the middle point but I would like the centre of the middle brace to line up with the centre point . [example]

Grab the center point of the brace and move it to the center. Look for the midpoint inference on the brace, then look for the midpoint on the shelf. [Midpoints]

thanks very much, I never knew to move from a centre point, another point learnt :slight_smile:

Getting the hang of how to use the various inferences is pretty important. As you see here I use the midpoint of two edges to grab a face by its center point, then place it into the center of the other face using the same process. [Centre]

Excellent illustration ! I never knew about doing that Thanks again

You will find most of the answers to the problems you have encountered in the video basic training: SketchUp Campus The other thing I found useful was the D’Oh book :slight_smile: The D'oh Book | SketchUcation The Sketchucation video tutorials are very good, too. SketchUp and LayOut Tutorials | Sk…

most people don’t tick it at all. :confused:

Is it possible to resize a particular component with redrawing the whole thing ? I have incorrectly made the legs 75mmx35mm instead of 90mmx35mm and all I can seem to do is move the legs rather than resize

Assuming the leg is straight, Double click to open the leg for editing, then select the narrow face and use the move tool to move it 15mm in the correct direction. [15mm]

thank you that now brings its own set of complications to all the other parts, perhaps I will have to make the legs unique to each other so I can widen all the legs outwards. Bt the way your example shows to use the move tool, is that doing the same job as push/pull ?

Geometry check please

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Thanks again, thats interesting about move compared to push/pull

Who uses the stretch modifier key?

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Geometry check please

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