@cotty said:

You can control if they really cross if you draw a line along each of them and see if they are intersected.

I tried it again with nothing else than single flat face and now it worked.
I take it that part of my model had screwed up one of the axis... has happened before.

Thanks for the tip.

On a flat surface I use Tape Measure tool to create a horizontal and vertical measure line.
I'm unable to get an anchor point when I move the Tape Measure tool where these measure lines cross each other. Sketchup 8 works fine this way, but Sketchup 2015 doesn't at all.

@mac1 said:

sunhome
Sorry , have a question as usual.
Often a grip is made of 3 pieces, there is an internal frame like structure, then the two "grips' that sometimes bolt on to the frame part. These grips maybe oval etc in cross section and then taper in closer to the top end.
Question is are you working on the center part or the total grip. If the total grip then is concentration on the round over leading you astray vs skinng, lofting etc that could give a better overal "grip" or is it a part of a more complex model.This is what I was thinking . It obiously needs more work. It was done with Soap, S[attachment=1:3ba31s3j]<!-- ia1 -->grip.jpg<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:3ba31s3j]kin and Bubble

Have worked with this revolver idea for many days and created all kind of solutions.
By following the superb advice to create follow me shape on the outside instead of inside, I will not bother with different thickness of the grip.
Since I'm planning to be able to show the mechanics inside when the trigger is pressed,
the revolver is in 3 main parts where a frame is in the middle and then a plate that covers the mechanics which again the grip is connected to.

I'm not using sketchup so much for building design, but much more for intricate mechanics and the physics of moving parts.
For example disc brake system on a motorbike from the lever to the brake itself with all the hoses and nozzles.

Here is how I planning to main parts.

@charly2008 said:

Hi,

The possibility with a different profile and only with push-pull tool in one go.

Charly

Thanks Charly.
This was (for me) a new way of using follow me tool, and I see this in fact gives way better result than my way.
I'll try this out.

Here is the Revolver Grip.skp
Thanks, this means there are a light in the tunnel.

Downloaded Libfredo first and extracted it to plugin catalog.
Tried to download roundcorner plugin, but winrar error message: "unexpected end of archive.".

Downloaded an earlier version of roundcorner plugin that worked,
but either I don't understand how to get rid of excessive faces and lines in the plugin or it may not work properly in this case.

Excited to see if anyone have a better result here.

Flat Revolver grip

Currently creating a revolver, but having problem with the shape of the grip.
Created a flat grip and used Follow Me tool to create rounded edges.
Lots of weird shapes around corners and other tight places.
Selected all and intersected faces with model, but that didn't work too well.
Is there another way to create such a shape with round edges?
The larger the round edges, the more overflow shapes.
Thanks in advance.