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SketchUp Tutorial 3 - Vase

This 3-sentence summary provides the key details about the SketchUp tutorial document: The document provides a step-by-step tutorial for creating a simple vase in SketchUp using the Arc Tool, Offset Tool, and Follow Me Tool, with steps including drawing a rectangle surface to draw the vase profile on, using lines and arcs to draw half the vase profile, offsetting the profile to add thickness, and using the Follow Me Tool to extrude the profile around a circular path to create the hollow vase form.

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SketchUp Tutorial 3 - Vase

This 3-sentence summary provides the key details about the SketchUp tutorial document: The document provides a step-by-step tutorial for creating a simple vase in SketchUp using the Arc Tool, Offset Tool, and Follow Me Tool, with steps including drawing a rectangle surface to draw the vase profile on, using lines and arcs to draw half the vase profile, offsetting the profile to add thickness, and using the Follow Me Tool to extrude the profile around a circular path to create the hollow vase form.

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SketchUp Tutorial 3

– Vase
This is a step by step tutorial on how to create a simple vase in Sketchup. It will provide you
with a good understanding of the Arc Tool (A), Offset Tool (F), and the Follow Me
Tool . No Sketchup experience is necessary to follow this tutorial.

To start modeling a vase, you need to create a profile outline of the vase. We will then extrude
the profile around a circle path to create the vase. Sketchup makes this task pretty easy using
the Follow Me Tool . You might want to look for a picture of a vase, or go find one in your
house. It really helps to have something in front of you that can guide you with modeling
proportions.

Step 1 – Draw A Rectangle


Before you start drawing the profile, it’s a good idea to just create a surface that you can draw
on. It just makes it a lot easier for the drawing tools to inference the same plane when you
have a face to drawn on. Go ahead and create an upright rectangle, and turn it into a group so
our profile doesn’t stick to it.

Select the Rectangle Tool (R), and create a rectangle. The size doesn’t matter, just make it
a little bigger than the vase profile.

Rectangle Tool
2nd Click

1st Click
Triple click the rectangle, right click, then select “Make Group” to isolate the rectangle onto a
group.

( ) Select Tool – (Spacebar)


1. Triple Click
2. Right Click
3. Make Group

Once you have a rectangle created and isolated to a group, you can start drawing your profile.
You’ll draw your profile on top of the rectangle you just made. We’ll be deleting the rectangle
later on. Make sure the rectangle group is not open when you start making your profile.

Step 2 – Create A Vase Profile


Since we will be extruding the vase around a
circular path, we only need to draw one half of the
vase profile (side view). I decided to create a model
of a vase I found online, just to help me with the
proportions.
With the Line Tool (L), start to draw the flat
bottom of the vase, then continue a second line up
at an angle. Then, select the Arc Tool (A), and
create a long shallow curve, giving the vase some
volume.

REMEMBER: When you draw the profile, you are


drawing on the face of the rectangle group we
created in step one. The pictures are zoomed in
so you don’t really notice the rectangle.
Don’t forget, you can pick your own style vase to draw, you don’t need to follow along exactly
with what is shown in the example drawings. You’ll probably use the arc and line tool though,
so if you don’t know how to use those tools, these next few steps should help you.

( ) Line Tool – (L)


3rd Click
1st Click

2nd Click

Select the Arc Tool (A), and continue the profile by clicking the point from where you last
left off. Drag up and over, click to set the arc endpoint, then click a third time once you’ve
moved the arc bulge to where you want it.

( ) Arc Tool – (A)


2nd Click
Click

3rd Click
to Define
Curve
1st Click

Continue using the arc and line tool until you have come back to your starting point.
2nd Click to End Arc
3rd Click to
Define Curve
1st Click to Start Arc

Continue Back
to the Starting
Point

At this point, you can delete the rectangle group you created in Step 1.

Step 3 – Create Wall Thickness


We are going to make this vase hollow, so that it is similar to a real vase. To do that, we need
to give the wall some thickness to it. Using the Offset Tool (F), we can do this very easily.
Select the Offset Tool (F), and hover and click the face of the profile. Then pull the mouse
to about a 1/4″ away from the outer line and click to finish. Be careful that you don’t offset too
much because the lines will start to overlap. To see what I mean, move the mouse to the
center of the vase while using the offset tool and you’ll see lines starting to overlap.

Make Sure Lines


Don’t Overlap

1st Click to Start Offset


2nd Click to End Offset

After you’ve created your offset lines, you need to close off the top and the bottom, so that you
can delete all the interior lines we don’t need. You just want to be left with the half profile of the
vase. Imagine if you could cut a sliver out of the middle of a vase. That’s what you want this
profile to look like.
Square Off Top & Bottom
with the ( )Line Tool - (L)

Once you’ve “squared off” the top and bottom with the line tool, use the Eraser Tool (E) to
erase the lines you don’t need.

Erase the Lines


you don’t Need
If needed, you can make adjustment to your profile before you head to the next step. For
instance, in the example below the vase profile was moved to align with the Origin Point to
help with placement later

Double Click in
the Vase Profile
to Select the
Face & Edges

Using the
( ) Move Tool – (M)
Select the Center Point
and move it to the
Origin Point

Step 4 – Create Path For Follow Me Tool


In order for the Follow Me Tool to work, you need to define a path for the face to follow. In
this case, we want our path to be a circle. That way, the profile we made will spin around the
circle and create our vase.
Select the Circle Tool (C), and hover over the center point of the profile. You’ll probably
notice a little circle will pop up once you lock onto a point. Depending upon what angle you’re
looking at, the circle will be red, green, or blue. You may have to orbit towards a top view
perspective in order to get the circle to snap to a blue color.
Start the circle by clicking on that center point, then drag it to the outer edge of the base and
click to finish.

( ) Circle Tool – (C)

Hover over point until


the circle turns blue,
then click to Start.

Click again at the edge of the Profile.

Step 5 – Create Vase with Follow Me Tool


Before you select the Follow Me Tool , you should preselect the path that you want the face
to follow. Most people skip this step then get frustrated when things don’t work out as they
expect. Try to remember that whenever you are using the Follow Me Tool, always pre-select
the path before activating the Follow Me Tool.
2. Using the ( )
Follow Me Tool
select the Edge
Profile

1. Select
the Circle
path using
Follow Me

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