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      paolodb
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      Hi! I don't know the reason why I cannot draw a complete sphere. I had already made in past spheres in the same way (follow-me), but now it's no more possible. Sometimes the extruding face disappears, sometimes I obtain something like attached pic: the sphere is open up and down. I tried changing the number of segments, the axe of rotation... Can anyone help me? Thank you!


      sphere.jpg


      Freedom is not doing what you want, but wanting what you do (Bossuet)

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        numbthumb
        last edited by

        Could you post the .skp file?

        Comfortably numb...

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        • Jean LemireJ Offline
          Jean Lemire
          last edited by

          Hi Paolodb, hi folks.

          Your sphere is too small.

          SketchUp cannot automatically close a face when one or more of its edge is smaller than about 1/16 inch or 1 millimeter.

          Since the facets created by the use of the Folow me tool around the "poles" of your sphere have that particularity, they don't close.

          The workaround is to draw larger than real life and then scale down when done. Use a factor of 10 or 100 or even 1000 in extreme cases.

          The good new is that, after scaling down, the faces will remain closed even if one or more of their edges are very small.

          Just ideas.

          Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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            paolodb
            last edited by

            Here is file


            Lamp_1.skp


            Freedom is not doing what you want, but wanting what you do (Bossuet)

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              paolodb
              last edited by

              Thank you very much Jean! My sphere was 9 mm large, but maybe it was still too small. With your suggestion it's all ok! 😍 Bye!


              Freedom is not doing what you want, but wanting what you do (Bossuet)

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                gilles
                last edited by

                Another solution: set circle to 12 segments, it will work fine with R= 4,5mm and it decrease the amount of edges.

                " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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