Make Molding with SketchUp

Popular Woodworking Magazine: When it comes time to make moldings with SketchUp, many woodworkers struggle. They get the hang of making each piece a component, and figure out that a molding is simply an extruded face. Where things go south is when it comes time to turn a corner; how can that be accomplished with as little blood, sweat and tears as possible? The answer is “Follow Me”, a tool that isn’t used often. Follow Me does what Push/Pull does; it turns a two-dimensional face into a three-dimensional object. Push/Pull is limited to extruding at a right angle to the original face. Follow Me can take that same face and extrude it around a ninety-degree corner or along a curve. Here is a typical scenario for applying a molding to a cabinet.