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"Guide to draw Freehand Shapes"

Subhra Bera: Editor

SketchUp’s Freehand Tool helps to create hand-drawn lines, like the planter decorations or simple lines and in this article we will describe the way of drawing Freehand Shapes using Freehand Tool.

There are many tools within SketchUp which are useful in creating 3D models or geometry and one of them is the SketchUp Follow Me Tool. It is the Pied Piper of 3D geometry that controls a face collaboratively a path for creating a 3D shape and it is the only thing this tool does. But it has a multitude of applications and enables users to draw complex 3D models with only a few clicks. Follow Me tool is users favorite tool as it is very handy in modeling finishing details that track a perimeter or edge like crown modeling or gutters and also make easier to work with modeling boarded objects like a spindle and curved vessels etc.

About Freehand Tool: SketchUp’s Freehand Tool is a handy tool which will help to trace imported drawings, create a2D sketch and decorate models. This tool will help to create hand-drawn lines, like the planter decorations or simple lines. This tool can be found in the following places:

  • Getting Started Toolbar (Click the drop-down arrow next to the Line tool)
  • Drawing toolbar
  • Large tool Set Toolbar
  • Draw > Lines submenu

Drawing Freehand curves or polylines: Users can draw freehand curves on existing faces or individual from existing (but aligned to an axes plane). Here are the steps to follow to draw a curve:

  • At first, users need to select the Freehand tool and the cursor will change to a pencil with a curve.
  • Then they need to click and hold the tool to place the beginning point of the curve.
  • Then the cursor needs to drag for drawing and while drawing, the color of the line matches to the axis perpendicular to the drawing plane. For creating a ployline, users need to hold down the Shift Key while drawing.
  • If the mouse button released to stop drawing then the line will turn black.

Editing a Freehand curve: Users can change the length of a curve entity as long as it doesn’t bind a face and here are the following steps to edit a curve:

  • At first, the Move Tool is selected; it changes the cursor to a four-way arrow.
  • The cursor needs to hover over the curve to locate an end point.
  • Next the cursor needs to click and drag at the end point to adjust the curve. When the drawing is done, users need to release the mouse.

Source: www.help.sketchup.com

Guide to draw Freehand Shapes
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