Thank You Jean.

The skp file you provided was very helpful. I have the concepts cleared now. Thanks a lot!
I made one pole using the regular follow me tool.
Another one I made using the Lines2Tubes plugin.

The 'Hide Rest of the Model' option is awesome! Just what I was looking for. This is one option I'm going to keep using from now on.

Thanks Gaieus. The weld plugin seems interesting. I will check it out.

Yes, Dave. I'm making one pole and then I will copy it and flip it to create the mirror copy.

Pilou: I understand what you're saying. In your screenshot, to remove the gap between the end of the pole and the top of the box, you'd have to extend the path into the box, yes?

In my case, I merged the pole with the handle bars on the dive board.

Thanks everyone for your prompt replies

Thanks for your replies!

As I said, I'm very new to Sketchup. I'd be grateful if you could tell me about the following:

1. @Gaieus: How did you make the curve? I tried recreating what you made in the 'slide.skp' file. I made a slanting line. Then a horizontal one. And then using the arc tool I joined the end-point of the first line and the start-point of the second to draw the arc. This left me with 3 segments and I couldn't use the follow-me tool.

2. How would you draw the above curve in a 'crowded' file. I mean, in my file there are lots of objects. I tried to draw the curve by going into 'parallel projection' camera mode and then going to 'Front' view to draw the curve. But then too I had problems with snapping.

Hi

I am newbie SketchUp user. Started about a week ago.

I made a model of a swimming pool using the basic line, rectangle, circle tools.
Now, I am trying to model the diving board in the pool. I searched for it in Google warehouse but couldn't find any.

The problem is with the guard-rail thingy. Its curved and I'm unable to figure out how to model the thing.
I've attached a picture of what I'm trying to make.

I made the pole by using the shear option in FredoScale plugin. However the top 'arch' of the pole is where I'm getting stuck. I tried using the follow-me tool to get the curve, but it didn't work.

Any suggestions how I can get it done?

Thanks!