Help Needed - Filling In Volume

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Sketchup pros I was wondering if I could get some advice or assistance. I am still very new to using Sketchup for 3D drawings. I am having some issues trying to model a 3D leg for a table. It seems that I have 2 problems. I’ve attached pictures, and labeled.

1.) I don’t know how to get the curve to wrap around the corner.
2.) It’s not recognizing the volume of the flat curved face, and thus not filling it in. I can’t figure out why.

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If you have any ideas on how to solve my dilemma, I’d greatly appreciate it!

Thank you so much! - Cody B

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I would have started with a profile of half the thing at the back and a path of the perimeter edges on the sides and the front as a Follow Me path.

Or you could start with a large box with rounded corners and use Follow Me to remove the unwanted part.
FM

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@DaveR has it exactly right … so do him the favor of marking his post as a “Solution.”

But there is one caveat: To get the results you expect the profile for the “Follow Me” tool must be orthogonal to the “path.”

And this can be a problem if the path includes a curve. If you inadvertently locate the profile at a “corner” of the path you may not get the results you expected. This is not an issue in what you posted, because the path includes multiple long, straight lines.

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Excellent, thank you for the help, I really appreciate it! I will give this a shot this evening and see if I can get it to work!

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Thank you for the help! This is really helpful!

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Another way of doing this. Click in sequence on the scenes tabs of this SU file for ideas.

Table with square pilaster.skp (345.6 KB)