# How to make a cylinder have rounded sides

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**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [January 4, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-make-a-cylinder-have-rounded-sides/112819 "2020-01-04T18:06:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-make-a-cylinder-have-rounded-sides/112819/11 "2020-01-15T15:44:42Z")

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Too small. Try scaling the model up by a factor of 100 or 1000. Or better, use [The Dave Method](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/the-dave-method/49720).

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