# What is the best way to design this contorted cable?

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**Created:** [March 12, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-design-this-contorted-cable/263465 "2024-03-12T13:42:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![marceltanure](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/marceltanure/32/197665_2.png) [@marceltanure](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/marceltanure)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-design-this-contorted-cable/263465/1 "2024-03-12T13:42:23Z")

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![OIP](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/8/0/80751e11aee08521b93f5cdf1761739cbf7f7269.jpeg)

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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:** [March 12, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-design-this-contorted-cable/263465/2 "2024-03-12T13:51:40Z")

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I’d draw the center line with various tools like Line, 2-point arc, and maybe FredoSpline and then use it as a path for Follow Me.

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**Author:** ![Guido](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/guido/32/208097_2.png) [@Guido](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Guido)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-design-this-contorted-cable/263465/3 "2024-03-12T16:55:33Z")

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I use pipe along path; this might help.

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/9/b/9b911f748da064cc113d46ecc708261872ebac8d.jpeg "Complex Cables in SketchUp") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS-1C7fSJpA)

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**Author:** ![ateliernab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/ateliernab/32/198399_2.png) [@ateliernab](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ateliernab)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-design-this-contorted-cable/263465/4 "2024-03-12T18:54:39Z")

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> [@DaveR](#):
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> I’d draw the center line with various tools like Line, 2-point arc, and maybe FredoSpline and then use it as a path for Follow Me.

yeah, that’s how I’ve made all my cables until now.

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**Author:** ![nmason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/nmason/32/185820_2.png) [@nmason](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/nmason)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-design-this-contorted-cable/263465/5 "2024-03-12T19:10:00Z")

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The Bezier Curve tool works too

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**Author:** ![francisquitof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/francisquitof/32/191263_2.png) [@francisquitof](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/francisquitof)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-design-this-contorted-cable/263465/6 "2024-03-13T00:45:41Z")

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With vertex tools you can extrude a single vertex and move it on the X,Y and Z axis as you will, I’d do it that way, then weld the edges and use lines to tubes or follow me to give it a width.