Offset Tool - Square One

[@tomvallee1768]

I have been using Sketchup for 8 years. Watched this on a lark and learned things I never knew. I will now will watch every "Square One" video. Thanks!

[@JDBoelter]

This "tool by tool" overview is exactly what I need to build a foundation. Much appreciated.

[@daviddickmeyer5231]

Thanks Aaron, these little shorts are always great. It’s amazing how many things we may have overlooked and it’s always nice catching up!

[@ChrisAttwood1]

Always something to learn about the simplist tools. Thanks Aaron.

[@keggyification]

Thanks again for this series of videos Aaron, It's really helping to remind me of the things Sketchup can do that I've forgotten and also showing me some new stuff I didn't know.

[@dymaxiondesign7477]

Thanks Aaron, I learned something about a tool I’ve used for over 5 years! Keep up the great videos.

[@cavamanara]

Good morning and thanks again Aaron.

[@walkergfl1]

Love the individual tool tutorials..... hope to see many more. Thanks!

[@across8339]

Hi Aaron thanks for this, the Square One series is so useful. Just to note the geometry does not have to be fully closed, the offset tool will also work with two or more connected edges but they must be coplanar.

[@kentjamison5247]

Didn't know the part about overlap. Very useful.

[@rossgebert9422]

Thanks Aaron; learnt something again. like these "Square One" posts.

[@LewisKauffman]

Thanks, as in the past, I've learned something new!

[@markwindsor914]

Great stuff! Learning lots and will use SketchUp much more often now.

[@SeemaKumar-yk6nd]

Thanks Aaron , Can you take some more examples with the offset tool.

[@chandraasutube]

As below, my mission is to learn one tool at a time. Thank you.

[@PeteCollingsArchitect]

I use partial offset a lot when drawing (2D) floor plans, really handy tool.

[@douglasmichel6361]

Thanks Aaron.... stay safe

[@shiblyahmed3720]

Can you offset both directions, opposite to another at the same time ?

[@jiji707070]

Thank you for lesson it's helpfully so much

[@davidbrown3309]

Aaron, are you really favoring Tags over the Outliner? Now that 2021 has been released, I'd like to see an exploration of Outliner and Tags so I can better understand what each does and when/why I should one over the other. Great videos. Keep up the good work!

[@AaronMakingStuff]

Hmm maybe that would make a good video... maybe a week from tomorrow...

[@cognitive-carpenter]

What I want to know is how do you delete the original square immediately after you offset it.

[@garybadger325]

I have been using Sketchup way back when Goggle owned it and did not know you could select 2 edges and then offset them. Is it possible to offset 1 edge? I was not able to make it work. Thanks for your Skill Builders.

[@AaronMakingStuff]

No... two is the minimum (I know because I tried)

[@delkelso]

this information is very hard to find in SU help. i think an outlines of these functions, with keystrokes / clicks organized like an outline would be very helpful. if this exists, please provide the link. great work!!!

[@stephanholland6181]

Is the option to offset one or two edges a recent change?

[@DirkLarien]

It is cool but in web interface it does not work. Second you switch tools to offset by click or hit "f" your selection is gone. :-(

[@pria_adi]

good for learning thanks

[@Hapsard]

One of the few things I dislike in SketchUp is represented when you say "the shortcut key for offset is F", lol. I need to be able to make associations in order to remember something. I know there are only so many keys on a keyboard, but a solution you guys should implement is allowing two letter shortcut commands ... Then OF could be offset ... OR could be orbit ... and all would be right in my mind ... or at least a tiny bit better 🤣

[@AaronMakingStuff]

DEFAULT shortcut keys! Remember, you can change any shortcut keys to whatever keys you like!

[@glenellynrunner]

Who knew? Thanks, Aaron.

[@AaronMakingStuff]

I did 😉

[@sonnytanod8862]

Nice tq

[@forensicsman320]

Hello, thank you for these videos they help so much. Do you know where I can find a tutorial like these for these types of grooves: imgur.com/tDGYYtG

[@VoicesUnspokenMen]

Isn’t the title wrong?

[@SketchUp]

Nope! You're in the right place if you're looking for the fundamentals of the Offset tool.

[@michaelgriffith9248]

Have you done a video on using offset for extruded circle shapes and the limits there?@@SketchUp

[@SketchUp]

@@michaelgriffith9248You wouldnt use the Offset tool if you want to modify extruded geometry. Use Scale with modifier (to scale fm center point) instead ;)

[@michaelgriffith9248]

Trying to model a round handwheel for a table saw. It has outside circular handle, three spokes and inner hub. The backside face of circular handle part is offset from frontside of the hub face by 5/8". When I modeled it flat and lifted only the outer round handwheel using the move tool, I expected it to stretch the spokes, but I lost / broke the geometry of them instead. In worked in part, but not sure what I'm doing wrong.@@SketchUp

[@SketchUp]

@@michaelgriffith9248Post your question to forums.sketchup.com/ so someone there can take a look and help better.