# How do I create a torus-segment? **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp\ **Created:** [June 9, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-torus-segment/232257 "2023-06-09T15:56:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drachenbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/drachenbauer/32/32018_2.png) [@Drachenbauer](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Drachenbauer)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-torus-segment/232257/1 "2023-06-09T15:56:36Z")
Hello How can i create a torus segment here between the 2 yellow circles? ![Pipe with open bend](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/a/b/abe899a35376b74797ffce773ce9ad121611a9cc.png) Each circle has 2 cm Ø. It should create five circle cross-sections of the same Ø, that reach from the vertices of the bow-line to the point, where the 2 circles meet. If i try follow me, the ends become weird and some tiny triangles stay empty. ![Pipe with weird stuff in bend](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/5/d/5d3d2cdf187455a10071f35789cf61a15917c6b1.png) The tilt of the upper circle is not a clean value, but this depends on the main-body of the structure, a truncated icosaedron (soccer-ball) so it´s impossible to create a full torus with a matching circle-edge-number and cut off a fitting piece to put in. ---
**Author:** ![dezmo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/dezmo/32/51058_2.png) [@dezmo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/dezmo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-torus-segment/232257/2 "2023-06-09T16:04:25Z")
> [@The Dave Method](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/the-dave-method/49720): > > 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… ---
**Author:** ![wataru.kannuzuki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/wataru.kannuzuki/32/184084_2.png) [@wataru.kannuzuki](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/wataru.kannuzuki)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-torus-segment/232257/3 "2023-06-09T16:08:41Z")
When using the follow-me tool and circles, you always want them to follow a center line. Otherwise, you get that line on the on the outer skin of the extruded shape like in your second screenshot. Our own Aaron has a really great tutorial on getting around this: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/d/4/d448402222da8c13b8186f7032e54837b8cabcfb.jpeg "SketchUp Skill Builder: Follow Me Arc") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB9hw6IfrKc) The key takeaway is for the first line segments to be perpendicular to the faces you’re extruding from. That’s how you’re going to get a cleaner connective tissue. ---
**Author:** ![Drachenbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/drachenbauer/32/32018_2.png) [@Drachenbauer](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Drachenbauer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-torus-segment/232257/4 "2023-06-10T20:44:19Z")
The Dave-method helped with tiny-face-holes, but i still had to delete excess material at the connection-edges manually. It´s a special kind of torus with a 0 radius (closed hole) on the inside (narrowest faces are triangles instead of trapezes). So there is not enough room for the tutorial of Aaron. That would make the circle-cross-sections intersect each other because of the reduced path-radius, that this tutorial requires. ---
**Author:** ![jean\_lemire\_1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/jean_lemire_1/32/665_2.png) [@jean\_lemire\_1](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/jean_lemire_1)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-torus-segment/232257/6 "2023-06-11T02:28:01Z")
Click in sequence on the scenes tabs of this SU file for ideas. [Torus part.skp](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/rAzAtLvv6nI0uWZOQOdbgzpFjUl.skp) (449.2 KB)