Suddenly, a wireframe ghost appeared. It wasn’t quite right—it was facing the wrong way. He tapped the
In the world of 3D modeling, few tasks are as deceptively difficult as bending geometry. On paper, taking a straight object and wrapping it along a curve sounds simple. In practice, doing this natively in SketchUp—without plugins—is a nightmare of manual vertex pushing, rotating, and mathematical guesswork.
Draw the path or curve that you want the model to follow.
Always make a copy of the object, just in case you need to re-bend it.
For a visual walkthrough of the setup and bending process, check out this guide:
: Make sure the object you want to bend is a Group or Component . Place it so its length runs along the Red Axis .
Suddenly, a wireframe ghost appeared. It wasn’t quite right—it was facing the wrong way. He tapped the
In the world of 3D modeling, few tasks are as deceptively difficult as bending geometry. On paper, taking a straight object and wrapping it along a curve sounds simple. In practice, doing this natively in SketchUp—without plugins—is a nightmare of manual vertex pushing, rotating, and mathematical guesswork.
Draw the path or curve that you want the model to follow.
Always make a copy of the object, just in case you need to re-bend it.
For a visual walkthrough of the setup and bending process, check out this guide:
: Make sure the object you want to bend is a Group or Component . Place it so its length runs along the Red Axis .
