Curved wall - Is there a way to create this?

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Hi @Grant is there a simple way to create a curved wall? I have a few to model in this commercial project.
Is there a freeform tool in the wall configuration?

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Hi Gareth,

There currently isn’t a tool that draws curved walls, however there are two ways to achieve it that I’ve explained below.

Option 1: Use the wall tool to draw each segment.
To do this, I recommend following these steps.

  1. Draw a curve using one of the SketchUp Arc Tools (this will be used as a guildline)
  2. Trace around the curve with the :wall_tool: Wall Tool (using the correct drawing point - i.e. internal/external side of the wall).

Tip 1: The number of segments a curve has can be specified before it’s drawn OR by selecting the curve & changing the number of sides in Entity Info.
Tip 2: The right-arrow changes the drawing point of walls.

Curved Walls

Option 2: Manually draw the wall & apply materials.
To do this, I recommend following these steps.

  1. Draw the wall using SketchUp tools.
  2. Use the :custom_estimation_tool: Custom Estimation Tool to apply materials to the different parts of the wall so that it still estimates.
  3. If needed, use the :beam_tool: Beam Tool to add any framing or structural objects to the wall (make sure to select the correct Takeoff Tag so each member appears correctly in the takeoff).
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Create walls “from face” is easiest, see this post: https://www.facebook.com/reel/738688225906895
However, you can use Sketchup geometry and the custom estimation tool :custom_estimation_tool: