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    zella21
    last edited by 5 Mar 2012, 21:14

    Hi everyone..please bear with me as I am new to Sketchup.
    I took all of the courses that google offers online and I am just getting started.
    I've been trying for the last few days to draw a bottle..like a Coke Bottle.
    I made a round circle pulled up the circle then tried to bend the edges on the left and right side of the circle to make it curvy. But I dont think sketchup allows you to do that on rounded surfaces. Im sure there is but is there some type of plugin or something I need to create the curved edges on the rounded surface...Hope this makes sense..

    Thank you for you help....

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      TIG Moderator
      last edited by 5 Mar 2012, 23:15

      Think of it another way...
      Draw a circle that the bottle's 'bottom'.
      Now draw the 'elevation' of the bottle [side view].
      Position it centered on the circle.
      Select the circle [as the path].
      Start the FollowMe tool.
      Pick the face of the bottle's elevation.
      It rotates 360 degrees around the circle and makes the 3d form...
      You can refine the 'outline' of the bottle to give thickness etc...
      this method is used for making anything that is 'lathed' around an axis - e.g. a wine-glass...Capture.PNG

      TIG

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        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by 5 Mar 2012, 23:35

        Or....

        click the red CatchUp button at the top of this thread and download edition 7 which has a step by step tutorial by Eric Lay in modeling a bottle.

        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp

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