Hello, When I create a circle in sketchup, I would like to resize the circle to an exact radius. How do I do this? Thank you

[image] Pen: I believe that once you’ve left the circle alone, it can not then be resized unless you want to try and use the scale tool. No. That’s not correct. As I wrote, you can change the radius by typing the new one in the Entity Info window. [image] You could also increase or decrease…

Why not create it to the exact radius in the first place? If the circle hasn’t been modified, you can change the radius by Selecting it and entering the new radius in Entity Info.

Hello, I’m quite new to this also but by chance by question is similar. I believe that once you’ve left the circle alone, it can not then be resized unless you want to try and use the scale tool. Otherwise you can input the radius simply by typing it after you’ve created the circle. I had a query o…

Thanks DaveR, I had started replying before you posted so missed your comments! Happy to provide a file, sorry no idea what an SKP file is!

An SKP file is the file type you get when you save a SketchUp file.

I have a lot to learn - I warned you I was new! Actually just using the Entity Info tool shows that I have the correct radius. I was using the top down tool and the circles are overlapping one another so I think thats probably confused the situation. Thanks again for your help!

What is the “top down tool”?

Oh. You selected the Standard Top view. I get it now.

Hi Dave, I realize this is an old post, but am searching for answers before making a new post. When I select enity info to adjust the radius of a circle it does not show radius. What am I doing wrong?

[image] Lansdowne: When I select enity info to adjust the radius of a circle it does not show radius. What am I doing wrong? What does Entity Info say the thing you’ve selected is? It must identify it as a circle to have the radius editable.

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jean_lemire_1 March 13, 2025, 6:59pm 14

See my answer in your other thread entitled Truncating a wye [Y] - Geometry problem

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