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Making the pins

Making the pins - SketchUp Tutorial

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Making the pins

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we're actually going to make one pin, a generic pin, and they've also got this sort of collar that goes through the middle, which locks things together. Even if you can't see it we'll still put it in, okay. So we're going to use this situation as a starter. And we're going to start off by using the circle tool. And we're going to hit the back arrow on our keyboard to lock out in the green direction. And we're going to come in and hit that node point, and then we're going to come across, And then second one is going to come across and we're going to enter two. Okay, so we've got two circles, and with the move tool we'll click on it, and we can't snap it to this point just yet, we need to hit the back arrow, and that will then force it on the green direction. Now, I'm saying back arrow, it might be the forward arrow if you're pointing in the red direction, so just be careful of that. And I'm going to click onto that face, and that's going to create my little sort of pin head, or it…

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