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How to Create a Tapered Leg in SketchUp

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When designing furniture, you will want to adjust features, such as tapering the legs. Otherwise, it is just 2 X 4 furniture that anyone could make. Read this article to learn of one way to design a tapered leg in SketchUp.


  1. 1
    In SketchUp, create a 1 5/8" square.
  2. 2
    Using the push/pull tool, make it 24 inches (61.0 cm) tall.
  3. 3
    Click on the Move tool and then select one of the edges that you want to taper. For making a furniture leg, the inside ones are the better ones to taper. Push it in to about halfway. (3/4")
  4. 4
    Repeat on the other inside of the leg. This will make the top 1 5/8" and the bottom 3/4" square.
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    Select the top surface of the leg and using the push/pull tool, extend it 6 more inches.
    • What this does is allow the taper to start at the 24 inch (61.0 cm) mark, and then extends it further upward with no taper.
  6. 6
    Select the entire leg, then right click and make it into a component. The reason you want to do this is because you never use just one leg of furniture.
  7. 7
    Triple click the component to put it in editing mode.
  8. 8
    Select the paint bucket and then select a fill for it. Usually, you would want some type of wood.

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