#Sketchup make a sphere how to#

I wanted to show inexperienced users why the 'Follow-me' tool is called the 'Follow-me' tool, but you can also simply select the circle, and then click on the perpencidular semi-circle with the 'Follow-me' tool, and then the semi-circle shape will automatically follow the circular outline all the way around to create a sphere. With the Eraser tool ( ), erase or move the geometry that you don’t want to keep. The command tells SketchUp to create edges where the two shapes intersect.

I suggest you draw a sphere while reading the article it will be.

#Sketchup make a sphere how to#

Give yourself some time and ace it Conclusion: I hope I have clearly explained how to make a sphere in Sketchup. I agree, in beginning, you might face some hurdles, but that’s the part of learning. In this example, after the sphere is created, the larger of the two circles is then made into a group and rotate-copied all around the sphere.

Context-click the cutting shape, and choose Intersect Faces > With Model from the menu that appears. Like, I can rely on Sketchup for various projects and give preference to it. You can also simply import an existing one as a component by going to the 'Window' menu, opening the 'Component' window and then chosing 'Shapes' from the pulldown menu, but if you want a bit more control ( I like to unfold spheres as 'rings' or 'petals' for instance ) you can also easily create one yourself. Leave your cutting shape selected, as shown in the figure. One of the people on the Nintendo Papercraft forums asked how to create a sphere in SketchUp.Įverybody has their own preference on how to do this, but I like to use the 'Follow-me' tool.