This is the primary mode. It allows you to extrude a face along a normal vector while generating new side faces. It handles curves beautifully. Whether you are thickening a complex curved roof or pulling a wavy facade, the tool creates the geometry instantly that would otherwise take hours of manual line-drawing and scaling.
The joint push-pull strategy offers several benefits, including:
If you use SketchUp professionally, the native "Push/Pull" tool eventually reveals its limitations. It works great for extruding flat, rectangular shapes perpendicular to the face, but the moment you try to extrude a curved surface, a complex organic shape, or a surface that isn't flat on the ground, the native tool fails. This is exactly where steps in and saves the day. joint pushpull
To implement a joint push-pull strategy, companies can follow these steps:
Similar to Joint mode but uses an average direction for the extrusion, which can lead to more predictable results on complex geometry. This is the primary mode
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A hybrid mode that rounds off the edges between extruded faces, often used to create softer architectural or product details. Whether you are thickening a complex curved roof
, that shatters the limitations of the software's native tools. While the standard Push/Pull tool can only extrude flat, individual faces, Joint PushPull (JPP) allows users to extrude complex, curved, and multi-faceted surfaces simultaneously. Why It Matters In standard SketchUp, attempting to "thicken" a curved wall or a dome is notoriously difficult because the native tool doesn't understand surface continuity across multiple faces. Joint PushPull solves this by: Surface Awareness
Offsets faces based on the direction of their adjacent edges, allowing for unique transformations along complex paths. Core Features and Customization
This acts similarly to the native tool but with the added benefit of working on non-planar surfaces. It creates a true projection extrusion, which is vital for complex terrain modeling or organic shapes.