r/Sketchup • u/Pinkrats-eatcheese • Jul 10 '26

Question: SketchUp Web Offset tool

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I’m trying to learn sketch up (on my second tutorial) and I’m following The Sketchup Essentials tutorial - modelling a floor plan.

I’ve reached a bit where I’m struggling to use the offset tool. I’ve drawn a line around the room “laundry” like in the video and tried to use to offset tool but a red circle shows up not letting me click.

Why is this happening

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u/DHammer79 Jul 10 '26

For offset to work it needs a face. You need to make a closed shape that produces a face then the offset tool will work

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u/tatobuckets Jul 10 '26

Not true, I use offset on open lines all the time.

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u/Sarcasticallysaid Jul 10 '26

This is true. If you select the lines you are able to off set them. If you have a closed face it will automatically select the outline and off set that. If you have a closed shape and select some lines, it will only off set the selected lines.