Skew function like old 3D Studio?

[DanRathbun]

@simhopp

I guess there is no “skew” in Sketchup then. no “taper” either?

Yes there is. It is a fundamental part of some of the other editing tools.

Did you look at the post about the rotational skewing. There is an animated GIF there.

A transitional skew works the same, only with the MoveTool. Just Grab a face (of a 3D solid,) hold and drag to skew.

Here is a team member explaining how to taper a cylinder.

Truncated cones

You can also use the scale feature. Create a cylinder Select the scale feature Pick the top cylinder face On mac,press the option key, and on Windows, press the ctrl key, to show the marker for face center and enable uniform scale option While the key from #4 ( option, on mac, and crtl, on Windows) is pressed, select a grip along the diagonal and move it towards the center marker to get a truncated cone.

Here is a animated GIF in another topic, of tapering using the MoveTool upon cardinal points:

Re-Proportioning a Cone

This is a good opportunity to exercise the power of the Cardinal Points.