Article / Updated 06-26-2017
If you’re wondering how to get rid of all the ugly lines that appear when you use SketchUp’s Follow Me, the answer is pretty simple: You can smooth edges, just like you can hide them. The difference between hiding and smoothing is illustrated by the images of the cylinders in the image below:
When you hide an edge between two faces, SketchUp treats those faces as though your edge is still there — it just doesn’t show the edge.