# Total newbie question...Best way to make "cutout"

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**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [March 11, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/total-newbie-question-best-way-to-make-cutout/90563 "2019-03-11T02:56:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![LaffinFox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@LaffinFox](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/LaffinFox)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/total-newbie-question-best-way-to-make-cutout/90563/21 "2020-02-04T16:34:40Z")

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I’d rather not start over COMPLETELY… this may sound silly, but i’ve spent a lot of time getting the measurements correct on the sights, and i’m at least happy with those and the barrel. I’ll see if I can salvage this model, and if not, i’ll start over more carefully. Thanks so much, king! Hopefully this should solve my issue on this part.

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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:** [February 4, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/total-newbie-question-best-way-to-make-cutout/90563/22 "2020-02-04T16:36:21Z")

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You can copy the geometry of the sights over to a new tube but because they intersect with the existing tube, it’s going to be very difficult to correct the tube. Salvaging your model with take more work than redrawing it.

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**Author:** ![LaffinFox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@LaffinFox](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/LaffinFox)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/total-newbie-question-best-way-to-make-cutout/90563/23 "2020-02-04T16:39:09Z")

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how would i go about doing that?

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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:** [February 4, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/total-newbie-question-best-way-to-make-cutout/90563/24 "2020-02-04T16:43:03Z")

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Doing what?

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**Author:** ![LaffinFox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@LaffinFox](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/LaffinFox)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/total-newbie-question-best-way-to-make-cutout/90563/25 "2020-02-04T16:44:25Z")

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Copying the geometry of the sights? would it be possible to just copy and paste them or something? those took multiple days to get just right… admittedly, i procrastinated, but still. that’s a lot of measuring.

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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:** [February 4, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/total-newbie-question-best-way-to-make-cutout/90563/26 "2020-02-04T16:46:46Z")

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Since you have the sights where you want them, probably the easiest thing would be to erase the geometry that _isn’t_ the sights. Then I would select the sight geometry and make a group so you can’t inadvertently modify that stuff and then go ahead and draw the barrel correctly and add the holes as above.

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**Author:** ![LaffinFox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@LaffinFox](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/LaffinFox)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/total-newbie-question-best-way-to-make-cutout/90563/27 "2020-02-04T16:47:25Z")

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Thanks, i’ll try that!

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