Drape Tool Problem

[mikeford00]

I have been trying to drape a layout onto the terrain i have created and every time I do so sketchup stops responding and then eventually crashes. I started trying to drape the whole layout and once i realised it wasn't working i then did less and less until it won't even drape a single line. It goes to 40% then crashes and looking at other peoples post on similar topics they have the same problem.

I've had similar problems on other models i have created and yet some work perfectly fine or partially work then half way through crash. I've tried looking to see if others have had similar problems but they always differ slightly.

If anyone knows how I could over come the problem it would be much appreciated as its causing hours of frustration.

[Gaieus]

Does your SU really crashor just stops responding?

This latter one would be the "normal" behaviour; it seems to stop responding at 40% but in fact it's working in the background but you really need to be patient sometimes especially with the sandbox tools like drape as they are in fact plugins and they work slower than native SU tools.

Your workflow; taking the lines to be draped into smaller units is a good workaround IF it works.

[matthew.robert]

I have had issues draping things when they are in a group. Sometimes it helps to explode the group/component and then drape the geometries. Can you post the problem pieces in a skp?

[perk]

I've had some complex terrains which took over an hour to process.