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    • Dave RD Offline
      Dave R
      last edited by

      If you are trying to create tiny faces (less than 1mm) you are going to have problems unless you work at a larger scale. This has nothing to do with CleanUp, it's just a fact of using SketchUp.

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
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        SketchUp's internal precision is 1/1000th of an inch. When things get close to that vertices begin to be treated as having the same position and edges and faces might not create - or be lost when you modify them.

        One workaround is to scale up the actual geometry, the edges and faces by a factor of say 100 - then scale down the instance/group to counter-weight it. That way the definition of the geometry it large enough, but the instance's scale make it appear in correct size.

        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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        • frankflafyF Offline
          frankflafy
          last edited by

          hi
          thanx for the plug in. really love this.

          i have one problem. its Vray dome light
          when i ran this with vray dome light on screen, the vray dome light deleted.

          how i fix this?

          thanx

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            What does it look like this VRay dome?
            This plugin isn't aware of "special" objects that other extensions create - it treats everything as regular edges and faces.

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

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            • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
              jiminy-billy-bob
              last edited by

              It's two arcs and a circle, without any face. So no surprise Cleanup deletes these edges.

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              • tt_suT Offline
                tt_su
                last edited by

                Anyone got a sample model?

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                • frankflafyF Offline
                  frankflafy
                  last edited by

                  Vray dome light is like this


                  Vray Dome Light

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                    Charles502
                    last edited by

                    so many thanks, is too very useful plugin for my model 3d and my time, thanks for sharing. thomthom

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                    • utilerU Offline
                      utiler
                      last edited by

                      Hi Thom, hope you're doing well. πŸ‘

                      Between your CleanUp Tools and Edge Tools I'm wondering if you have thought about adding an option to move all verticies to Z=0. I often import dwg files that for some reason some lines are just that tiny bit off Z which causes all sorts of issues in finding out what is and isn't flattened....

                      What do you think?

                      Love your work!

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        @utiler said:

                        I'm wondering if you have thought about adding an option to move all verticies to Z=0. I often import dwg files that for some reason some lines are just that tiny bit off Z which causes all sorts of issues in finding out what is and isn't flattened....

                        "There's an extension for that!": Architect Tools (Look for the big weight-icon that will flatten everything like the Hulk)

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

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                          antonio.calvo
                          last edited by

                          Thanks so much for your plugins, enjoy the cookie. I'm pretty new posting on this forum althought I have been following all of you guys and your fantastic work for a long time. Recently I'm working in a large model and your plugin is givin me a couple of errors of the model.

                          Results of Validity Check.

                          CLoop (1154934) does not reference CFace (1161656) - fixed
                          The plane equation for CFace (4395989) is not valid - fixed

                          Both of then never seem to be fixed after running the plugin. Also straight after closing Sketchup, it will create a bug splat! Is driving me mad πŸ˜• and can't find which part of the model is doing it. Any help will be great. Thank you

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                          • cottyC Offline
                            cotty
                            last edited by

                            @antonio.calvo said:

                            ...and can't find which part of the model is doing it.

                            Without having a look at the model no one else will be able to find it too...

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              @antonio.calvo said:

                              Thanks so much for your plugins, enjoy the cookie. I'm pretty new posting on this forum althought I have been following all of you guys and your fantastic work for a long time. Recently I'm working in a large model and your plugin is givin me a couple of errors of the model.

                              Results of Validity Check.

                              CLoop (1154934) does not reference CFace (1161656) - fixed
                              The plane equation for CFace (4395989) is not valid - fixed

                              Both of then never seem to be fixed after running the plugin. Also straight after closing Sketchup, it will create a bug splat! Is driving me mad πŸ˜• and can't find which part of the model is doing it. Any help will be great. Thank you
                              Try running Edge Tools on the problem model's geometry [edit 'containers' to access their contents etc]...
                              Duplicated vertices that are not 'welded' have been cited as culprits for this kind of thing...
                              http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=tt_edgetools

                              TIG

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                                antonio.calvo
                                last edited by

                                Thanks TIG, spoke with Rich and that was he suggestion too. So i run edge inspector in each component of the model and ended up fixing thousands of tiny gaps/edges. After the whole process (didn't take as long as I was imagining) all fixed and no more crashes! Thanks again for all your tips and great plugins.

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                                • Z Offline
                                  zhenning
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi

                                  I imported an STL file into sketchup 2014 and I am trying to clean the faces with cleanup and it appears to cause some problems.

                                  CEdge (15569) and CEdge (1510) connect the same 2 vertices - fixed
                                  CEdge (14024) and CEdge (1479) connect the same 2 vertices - fixed
                                  CEdge (1268) and CEdge (15568) connect the same 2 vertices - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15570) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15576) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15588) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15637) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15643) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15655) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15606) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15662) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15675) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15829) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15822) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15781) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15795) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15802) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15815) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15755) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15767) is not valid - fixed
                                  The plane equation for CFace (15774) is not valid - fixed

                                  I am using SuSolid to check whether the model is watertight. Directly after i import, the SuSolid shows no problem with the model. However after i ran cleanup, some issues appear. I am using Sketchup 2014.


                                  After import


                                  After running cleanup

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                                  • cottyC Offline
                                    cotty
                                    last edited by

                                    And the question is?

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                                      mac1
                                      last edited by

                                      zhenning:
                                      I have used MeshLab to decimate models and found it is best to limit the number of actions taken to one at a time and the sequence can also affect the out come. I have not used ThomThom's plugin but, trying to limit the number of corrections to few at a time may help you keep it a solid. In addition using Tig's solid solver has quite often helped after cleanup. What analyzer are you using one of the 3d printers?

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                                      • M Offline
                                        mac1
                                        last edited by

                                        zhenning:
                                        Arg forgot 😲
                                        http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=359994#p359994

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                                        • Z Offline
                                          zhenning
                                          last edited by

                                          @cotty said:

                                          And the question is?

                                          The cleanup seems to delete wrong faces? The coplanar error appears only after the cleanup plugin is used to clean the model.

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                                          • Z Offline
                                            zhenning
                                            last edited by

                                            Attached is the file:

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                                            After some trials, the errors happens when i tried merge faces 😞

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