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   palmbay_jim | Jul 04, 2021 12:40pm | #1

   Search Design Click Build on fineWoodworking look for posts by David Richards. You may have to search a little but there are posts that show you how to do it.
   There are also plungins that help with that to good luck

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   user-7627473 | Jul 04, 2021 12:56pm | #2

   Sketchup itself has a basic video tutorial on Follow Me...did you go through that one? The process can be buggy sometimes depending on what what your model application is, generally it's pretty straight forward

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   esch5995 | Jul 04, 2021 01:24pm | #3

   Not the easiest question to answer here but I will try to show what I do, I'm no power user and do use Sketchup Pro.

   First draw the outline of the surface you want then use the offset tool to draw a parallel line offset an amount equal to the thickness of your top. Here I assumed a 1" thick top with a ¾" radius. (photo 1)

   Next I drew a 1" x 1" square in the vertical plane. I did this away from my drawing for clarity. On this vertical surface I drew my desired radius(¾") then deleted the 2 unnecessary lines leaving only my desired profile. Then after selecting all the edges and surface, I used the move tool to place it on the inner line of my surface. (photos 2-4)

   Then I selected all the segments of the inner line (photo 5) followed by choosing the Follow Me Tool and clicking on the profile I had previously placed. And magically your desired profile should appear all along your surface. (photo 6)

   
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   esch5995 | Jul 04, 2021 01:26pm | #4

   Maxed out on attachments.

   After this it's just routine work with the Pushpull Tool and erasing unneeded lines.

   
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   daverichards | Jul 04, 2021 01:27pm | #5

   Mark, it would be helpful if you could share your SketchUp model file. From the free web version you can click on the "pancake menu" (three horizontal lines) in the far top left corner of the SketchUp window and choose Download. If you prefer not to share the file publicly, you could share it with me privately. Go to the Design. Click. Build. blog, scroll to the bottom of one of my posts and click on my name to e-mail the file to me directly.

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   mlynch | Jul 07, 2021 08:11am | #6

   Hi Dave, thanks for you reply. I'm attaching the file I'm using; although I'm not sure this will go through because skp files do not show up on the allowed file types

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   daverichards | Jul 07, 2021 08:24am | #7

   Looks like it didn't work. If you put it in a zip file you should be able to share it here, though.

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   mlynch | Jul 07, 2021 09:41am | #8

   Hi Dave, here's a Zip file.

   In the meantime I found a way around my problem by tweaking esch5995's suggestion. I'll reply to all with that

   
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   mlynch | Jul 07, 2021 09:47am | #9

   Thanks to everyone for your replies. Tagging onto esch5995's suggestion I approached the problem by adding the edging as a separate item to the original table top and then removing the lines. I used the offset tool to resize the original top