Problem Creating a sphere... one circle disappears

MarkEMark

I have tried creating a sphere several times and am stumped.

Process:

Draw a 1" circle on the x Plane.

Draw a .5" circle on the z plane, intersecting the centers of both circles, and 90 degrees to each other. Picture 1 below.

Double click on the larger circle to select it with the selection tool

Select the Follow Me Tool.

Select the vertical circle face and the vertical circle DISAPPEARS. Picture 2.

I have restarted the program in the event that there is a problem with the program. I have also successfully created a sphere earlier in the day on the same file.

Any thoughts? Help! )

Using the Free version of Sketchup 8.

Mark

Setting up the sphere process

The moment I hit the mouse after selecting the follow me tool and then the smaller circle I wish to create the sphere from. Any ideas what's wrong?

Dave R

It's just too small. Try scaling things up by a factor of 100 and do it again.

Jean Lemire

Hi Mark, hi folks.

See this SU file for ideas.

Holes in sphere.skp

MarkEMark

@jean lemire said:

Hi Mark, hi folks.

See this SU file for ideas.

Thank you! This was the first time I tried a .5" sphere, so I get why it might have been too small.

I will try as you suggest!

Many thanks!

Mark

MarkEMark

It worked! Thanks!!