Newbie Qustion hollow dome

[tonyador]

Trying to generate a dome with a 2mm thich outer edge. When using the follow me tool i loose the top half of the dome as shown in the images

.It’s probable simple but any help would be appreciated.

[Box]

That is caused by Sketchups failure to form faces that are too small. Have a look here.

The Dave Method

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…

[tonyador]

Thanks for that I’ll give it a try when I get home from work