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    Dave R
    last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 11:43

    I expect the dots you are seeing are cause by the back face color showing through at the seams but that's only a guess. You could try changing the back face color to white although it would probably show through somewhere else. You still haven't posted the requested screen grabs, though. πŸ˜’ The model (SKP) file would be best.

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      Supreme Line
      last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 11:54

      I am not great designer btw

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        Dave R
        last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 12:01

        As I suspected, it is the back face color showing through at seams. You can change the back face color to white and they won't show ion the white areas but they'll probably show in the areas you've painted black.

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        I changed the back face color to magenta which makes your "dots" really stand out and confirms the problem. Turn the edges back one and those dots generally won't show because the edges will hide them.

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          TIG Moderator
          last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 12:07

          As Dave says...
          What you are seeing is that the 'edges' of some faces are displaying where they are coincident with the visible face of other parts...
          Much of your model is made as if it were constructed from a 'thin card' - with the the parts having no real thickness, and therefore edges and faces can be coincident.
          This means that if say a deck has a bulkhead below it, then that bulkhead's top edge can show through when the edge/faces are different colors.
          In the real world the deck [and all other parts] would all have real thicknesses - for even a single sheet of metal is several mms or even cms thick.
          So giving your parts real thicknesses will avoid many of these issue, because then the correctly sized and positioned edges of objects will no longer coincident with the visible face of abutting objects...

          TIG

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            Supreme Line
            last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 12:21

            @dave r said:

            As I suspected, it is the back face color showing through at seams. You can change the back face color to white and they won't show ion the white areas but they'll probably show in the areas you've painted black.

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            I changed the back face color to magenta which makes your "dots" really stand out and confirms the problem. Turn the edges back one and those dots generally won't show because the edges will hide them.

            Its not working over here 😞 grrrrr 😒

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              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 12:29

              Computer Specs?

              My guess is you've a pretty inadequate card

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                Dave R
                last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 12:33

                @supreme line said:

                Its not working over here 😞 grrrrr 😒

                What's not working?

                As Rich suggests, you've probably got an inadequate card. If this stuff is important to you, try upgrading your hardware.

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                  Supreme Line
                  last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 12:45

                  Processor is Intel(r) Core 3 Duo, with a memory of 3.00GB and its a 32-bit operating system.

                  As I said iv built around 40+ models and this is the very first time iv seen this before, and they are well bigger in all ways with a lot more detail.

                  The other ship (below) is bigger, no problem at all while building.


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                    Dave R
                    last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 12:48

                    This is a graphics card issue not CPU.

                    I'd bet a beer we could go through every model you've created and find the same issue. Just turn on the edges while you're working and they won't show. Besides, they don't hurt anything while you're drawing, anyway.

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                      Supreme Line
                      last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 12:54

                      Graphics Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

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                        Supreme Line
                        last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 13:01

                        Here is the ship before these dots appeared.


                        s1.jpg

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                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                          last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 13:02

                          Integrated Card is the issue.

                          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                            Dave R
                            last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 13:05

                            Rich was right.

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                              Supreme Line
                              last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 13:06

                              can any of you tell me the best size of computer that will handle this then ? , as I was thinking getting one soon.

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                                Rich O Brien Moderator
                                last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 13:43

                                Get something that is 64bit, 8gb+ ram and nVidia powered GPU and i7 CPU

                                Should be an improvement over the current.

                                Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                  Supreme Line
                                  last edited by 22 Sept 2013, 15:23

                                  here she is

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