[Question on design] Hi All, Very new to Sketchup and 3d as a whole. Tutorials have been great although struggling with this concept. I’m screwing around with this part and for life of me I can not figure out how or if I can round the sides of the shape? I’ve tried doing the follow me and can eit…

Have you been to THE LEARNING CENTER yet? It’s a great place to start. I suspect you want to round the edges of the large object. Soften and smooth would do that. If not please upload the .SKP file with a better explanation of what you are looking for.

Circle [Screen Shot 2020-01-04 at 3.28.41 PM] Push/pull, then group (right-click menu) [Screen Shot 2020-01-04 at 3.29.00 PM] Make another cylinder, then scale the end face for a taper [Screen Shot 2020-01-04 at 3.30.33 PM] Explode (right-click menu), Intersect faces with selection (right-clic…

Thanks all. I understand how to make the above shape, but that you. What I’m looking for is once I have the cylinder can I then round the side walls so it has like a doughnut shape.

Do you have a photo you can share of something that is similar to what you are trying to model? Is this even close? [Screenshot - 1_5_2020 , 10_36_30 AM]

Perhaps what you want to do is easier using follow me? [puck]

Thanks guys, that gives me something to play around with. Dave R - that’s a cool shape how do you get the sides to do that? Slbaumgartner - I’ve played around with follow me. It’s probably becasue I suck at program still, although when I try to add the hole through it, does work and the shape was …

[image] gary.pearson2: how do you get the sides to do that? I used Follow Me like Steve showed but I cut the sides of the circular path off to made a shape more similar to what you have. As for the tapered hole, I cut that after creating the solid shape. I drew a tapered “drill” and made tha…

Thank you all for the support, I figured out what I was doing wrong. With my rounded shape i was playing around with, when I went to add hole through it I believe the geometry intersections were not good. I scaled it up 100x turned on Hidden Geometry. Rotated model to make sure intersection were on…

Hey guys, still learning program. Trying to get familair with various ways to use follow me tool. I’m having an issue on round objects, and follow me, where it either leaves one/or both sides open. I’ve tried it two ways and getting similar results: [image] [image] Also drew shape and circle, si…

How to make a cylinder have rounded sides

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DaveR January 15, 2020, 3:44pm 11

Too small. Try scaling the model up by a factor of 100 or 1000. Or better, use The Dave Method.

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How to make a cylinder have rounded sides

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