Help with creating component

[jmacproj]

I’m trying to model a metal drawer pull that has a dual curve. Take a look at the Drawer - Pull component in the foreground. I’d like to do it with native tools (no extensions) if possible. If that’s not possible, just let me know.

I tried creating a separate “curve piece” component and then using solid tools but none of the tools gave me the final result or even something I could use. I can get the compound curve using a couple cube components (curve boxes) with the solid tools but I can’t figure out a way to use it to produce what I want. Maybe I’m taking the wrong approach. Please help.
John
Built-in-A.skp (243.5 KB)

[Royce]

Built-in-A #1.skp (342.9 KB)

I don’t know if this is what you want. I exploded one of the curved pieces, cut it, and pasted it in place after opening the other one up for editing. Then I combined them into one long piece. I then exploded that, cut it, opened the pull up for editing, and pasted the long curved piece in place. I erased some of the original pull from each side and used inspector to erase internal faces. That made the pull solid. I made some of the lines hidden geometry using the eraser tool / control (red tilde).

[jmacproj]

Royce,
Thanks for giving it a go but, no, that is not what I want. The front is a compound curve, the top curves down and the sides curve in.

Take a close look at the smaller model in front. Select the two boxes, do a union with solid tools. That resulting compound curve is what I need on the two front corners of the pull. Think of it this way, the top of the metal “L” is curved down to form a “pull”. Then the two front corners are rounded to eliminate the sharp corner edges.

The part is easy to fabricate out of a thin piece of aluminum or steel. I even made a couple out of red oak several years ago. Not so easy to draw.

[DaveR]

Is this what you are trying to come up with?

[Box]

My guess would be something like this.

[Royce]

Built-in-A #1 (1).skp (382.7 KB)

Now I just decided to make some more alternatives.

[jmacproj]

Dave,
Yeah, that’s pretty cool but not quite. But, I’d like to see how you got there.

Box, hit the head on the nail, just what I was after.

[jmacproj]

Box,
No guessing needed, just like Toyota, “you got it”. The only issue I see is the hollow underside. It should be a solid piece of metal about 16 guage thick. I’ll take a look at your process tomorrow.

[Box]

I know you asked for no extensions but…If that’s the shape you are after I would be more likely to tackle it like this.

[jmacproj]

Box,
Your first approach, without extensions, is a much better match for what I want. Actually, my bad for not going the extra step to include a link to the actual part I’m trying to model in my initial post. Here is that link. I don’t think it’s the exact part because the actual part that was bought from Amazon doesn’t have the extra “bump” in the leading edge.
https://www.amazon.com/Ravinte-Cabinets-Cabinet-Concealed-Handles/dp/B0C6SMY7BH/ref=sxin_16_pa_sp_search_thematic_sspa?content-id=amzn1.sym.2da95b6c-f59a-4699-bc43-d0ff036c6388%3Aamzn1.sym.2da95b6c-f59a-4699-bc43-d0ff036c6388&crid=2WKEAIR16NT4W&cv_ct_cx=finger%2Bpulls%2Bfor%2Bdrawers&keywords=finger%2Bpulls%2Bfor%2Bdrawers&pd_rd_i=B0C6SMY7BH&pd_rd_r=faf820e9-b009-41bc-b97a-76aaec93a744&pd_rd_w=jDpJx&pd_rd_wg=kGf6M&pf_rd_p=2da95b6c-f59a-4699-bc43-d0ff036c6388&pf_rd_r=0ZBNJQSV2B47WXC9P8RH&qid=1749913562&sbo=RZvfv%2F%2FHxDF%2BO5021pAnSA%3D%3D&sprefix=figer%2Bpull%2Caps%2C152&sr=1-3-6024b2a3-78e4-4fed-8fed-e1613be3bcce-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9zZWFyY2hfdGhlbWF0aWM&th=1

I unmarked your first response as the answer. It did indeed show the shape of what I’m trying to model but I don’t see the details on how you got to that shape. In my attached SketchUp file I can produce the surface with the eased over front edge and even round the two front corners (although crudely using the “subtract” solid tools) but I can’t figure out how to then use the follow me tool.