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Mastering Joint Push Pull in SketchUp 2021: A Comprehensive Guide

Select the faces you want to manipulate.
Activate the Joint Push Pull tool by clicking on the "Joint Push Pull" button in the toolbar or by using the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + Shift + P on Windows or Command + Shift + P on Mac).
Push or pull the faces to create the desired shape.

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2. Combine with SubD (Subdivision)

If you have a low-poly shape, subdivide it first (using Artisan or SubD), then apply Normal Push/Pull. The result is a beautifully smooth double-sided shell. Mastering Joint Push Pull in SketchUp 2021: A

The Interactive Handle: When you activate the tool, don't just type a distance. Look for the blue handle on the face. You can drag this for a real-time preview of the extrusion. Select the faces you want to manipulate

Key Capabilities

Extrude with adjacency awareness: Pushes or pulls a selected face while automatically moving or scaling adjacent faces to maintain topology.
Continuous multi-face extrusion: Supports selecting multiple connected faces and extruding them together as a single operation.
Group/component-aware behavior: Works inside groups and components; can optionally edit the containing group/component or operate on raw geometry.
Automatic cap generation: Creates end caps when extruding open face sets to keep solids watertight.
Edge/vertex constraint options: Preserve certain edges or vertices (lock position) so extrusion respects model constraints.
Boolean-aware handling: Detects intersecting geometry and can either merge, subtract, or leave intersections depending on user settings.
Interactive offset and taper controls: Apply offsets or tapering during extrusion to scale profiles along the extrusion direction.
History/undo-friendly: Integrates with SketchUp’s undo stack; operations are atomic and reversible.
Precision input: Numeric fields for exact extrusion distance, angle, or scale factor; supports unit types from SketchUp model.
Inference and snapping: Honors SketchUp inference engine for axis alignment and snapping to existing geometry.
Keyboard modifiers: Shift/Alt/Ctrl modifiers for constrained movement, duplicate-extrude, or toggle cap generation.
Performance optimization: Incremental update for large meshes to reduce lag; options to control update fidelity vs. speed.
Visual feedback: Dynamic preview of extrusion, highlighted affected adjacent faces/edges, and live measurement display.
Customizable defaults: Save preferred options (caps on/off, adjacency tolerance, boolean mode) per session.
Error detection & fixes: Warns about non-manifold or degenerate geometry and offers quick-fix tools (heal edges, unify normals).
Compatibility: Works in SketchUp 2021 and later; may require SketchUp Ruby API 2.7+ (or included installer checks).