Do You Want Sketchup to Fix your Model?
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hey. i just want to ask on something i have really been pondering on.
when i use sketchup, after sometime, it asks me whether to fix my models. is it really safe to let sketchup fix my model or does it do a hocus-pocus thing that i do not see that can somehow ruin my model?
my thinking is, if it is really safe to let sketchup fix my model, why does it even have to ask me?
i am not yet versed in scripting so i do not get what sketchup tells me when i click on the "details" after i fix my model.
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I would say Yes, and let SketchUp fix the problems.
If you do not, then your model's problems might get worse till it becomes unopenable!
You could always say No, do a Save, then do a manual Model Info > Statistics > Fix...
Many users have SketchUp setup in the Preferences > General to 'auto-check' AND 'auto-fix' problems [you must just have 'auto-check' ticked ?]...
'Problems' are reasonably rare and most are related to badly defined 'geometry' or guides, usually after intensive editing, exploding or some plugin use... -
hmmm... thanks for that, TIG! good to know.
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In models with small faces I say PASS , in models I know I have no problems I say Yes, but after that I check the model for visual errors .
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with small faces? why? has there been any accounts of geometric deformation caused by the fixing? thanks.
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@monmonred said:
with small faces? why? has there been any accounts of geometric deformation caused by the fixing? thanks.
Yep, it triangulates faces sometimes.
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It also will delete faces occasionally if they are ill-formed. This happens most often when working with geometry imported from other software from what I've seen.
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