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    • massimoM Offline
      massimo Moderator
      last edited by

      Any error message in the Ruby console? Do you have also installed the required TT_lib2 as stated in the very first post under "Requirements"?

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
        last edited by

        Any error messages?
        Can you post screenshots of the files in the Plugins folder?

        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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        • john2J Offline
          john2
          last edited by

          Alrighty
          Returned to working to SketchUp after a long time. I’ve been using this great plugin for years, I would like to resolve one doubt, the coplanar line doesn’t get deleted using the cleanup command. This happens a lot of time during SketchUp. I’ve faced this issue. Can anyone tell me when does this conflict happen?
          My cleanup tool is otherwise RRRRROCKING. 😄 👍


          doubt.jpg


          sample for doubt.skp

          Sketchup Make 2017 (64-bit), Vray 4.0 , Windows 10 – 64 bit, corei7-8750H, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            InternalFace.png

            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            • john2J Offline
              john2
              last edited by

              @thomthom said:

              [attachment=0:cjg9atln]<!-- ia0 -->InternalFace.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:cjg9atln]

              oh i see. 😳 This is embarrassing.

              Sketchup Make 2017 (64-bit), Vray 4.0 , Windows 10 – 64 bit, corei7-8750H, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                It's a common thing. I've used it so much now that whenever I see lines that doesn't disappear when I expect them the first thing I do is check for internal faces.

                Determining what's internal faces is tricky so say the least, do I've not got around to work on a solution for that. Instead I just point to TIG's various tools for cleaning up internal faces.

                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                • D Offline
                  Dougalmaster
                  last edited by

                  I downloaded and ran the Cleanup 3.1.9 plugin and received a message when it finished that there were 1303 errors and I should contact the author.

                  1303 errors occurred. Please report the error and sample model to the author.

                  1303 - Face merge resulted in lost geometry!

                  How do I do this?

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    Post the model here.

                    Is your model by any change filled with lots of tiny faces?

                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    • D Offline
                      Dougalmaster
                      last edited by

                      I'm not able to upload the files. I get the following message:

                      Shed_Frame v2.3.skp => The file is too big, maximum allowed size is 4 MiB

                      The file size is 7.8M each. It is a timber frame shed that is assembled using dovetail mortise & tenon joinery. There really aren't many small faces - at least not many compared to most of the complex models I've seen. I had intended to give you a copy of the file before & after running Cleanup.

                      Is there another way to get you the files?

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                      • arcnhanA Offline
                        arcnhan
                        last edited by

                        amazing, thanks sir 😄) 👍

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                        • john2J Offline
                          john2
                          last edited by

                          @thomthom said:

                          It's a common thing. I've used it so much now that whenever I see lines that doesn't disappear when I expect them the first thing I do is check for internal faces.

                          Determining what's internal faces is tricky so say the least, do I've not got around to work on a solution for that. Instead I just point to TIG's various tools for cleaning up internal faces.

                          can you suggest me some? I really got no idea from his huge list 😄

                          Sketchup Make 2017 (64-bit), Vray 4.0 , Windows 10 – 64 bit, corei7-8750H, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            I'm not 100% sure my self to be honest - I think there is a handful and I've not used any of them myself. :s

                            Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                            List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                            • humbertorbH Offline
                              humbertorb
                              last edited by

                              ![Illustration of the problem "lost geometry".](/uploads/imported_attachments/xKrD_Illustration.png "Illustration of the problem "lost geometry".")Hi Thom,

                              First let me say the CleanUp3 is great, it helps a lot!

                              Second: I've noticed that when I slide some parts of a model over an existing surface Sketchup tends to create a lot of coplanar triangles on the surface and when I use the CleanUp3 plugin it tends to say: "Face merge resulted in lost geometry!".

                              I've located one example and reduced the model to a small file with one group that presents this exact problem (attached) in hopes it'll help you perfect this great plugin.

                              My setup: Sketchup 8 Pro (8.0.16845, on Mac OS 10.6.8) with CleanUp3 3.1.9. All options selected in CleanUp except Merge Identical Materials and running "Merge Faces" both result in lost geometry.


                              CleanUp3Problem.skp

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                              • thomthomT Offline
                                thomthom
                                last edited by

                                hm... That is a troublesome model indeed. But you're bound to get trouble with such small dimensions. Your model is just a few mm large, some of these edges are like 2mm or smaller.

                                To work around this you'd be better off drawing things like 100 or 1000 times larger than what it really should be.

                                I tried to scale up your model 100 times, but I still got issues. Normally it'd work, but I think your model has already inherited accuracy problems.

                                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  Yea, scaling up 100 times and inspecting the distances, that seemingly flat base isn't flat at all. The model is just too wildly inaccurate that it cannot be cleaned up.

                                  Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                  • R Offline
                                    richyrich33
                                    last edited by

                                    Great Ruby, CHEERS!!!!

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                                    • humbertorbH Offline
                                      humbertorb
                                      last edited by

                                      So if I understood you well I should work in a larger scale (x100, for instance) and only in the final step reduce it down.

                                      If you want to chase this down I guess even in larger scale models it can happen (see attached).

                                      This model I've converted from an .STL file, cleaned up manually and made sure it is solid.

                                      In hidden edges that are very close (almost parallel) the plugin loses geometry:

                                      ![Before and Aftter "Merge Faces"](/uploads/imported_attachments/b6Hc_example2-cleanup.jpg "Before and Aftter "Merge Faces"")

                                      Cheers and thanks for the response.


                                      Larger scale model that loses geometry too.

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        That is because you only scaled the instance of the component. The definition itself is tiny - meaning the coordinates for the model is still within very small distances.

                                        Scale.png

                                        It's best to model 100 times larger - as scaling up a tiny model will just amplify tiny precision issues.

                                        Because the model was made tiny I still got problem when using the Scale Definition (makes the definition the same size as the instance.) I still lost two faces.

                                        When I reset the scale, then opened the group scaled up 100 times and then ran CleanUp I would get model validation warnings - regarding face normals, but no faces would be lost.

                                        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                        • J Offline
                                          JARR3DF15CH3R
                                          last edited by

                                          Sorry if this seems dumb, but I have downloaded this plugin, and the TT_lib2 file, put them both in my plugins folder, but I cant seem to use them at all, cant see them in the plugins menu in SU.

                                          Thanks

                                          JARR3DF15CH3R

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                                          • BurkhardB Offline
                                            Burkhard
                                            last edited by

                                            A screenshot of your folder structure can help a lot

                                            [http://www.ia-plus.de(http://www.ia-plus.de)]

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