Roof Help

Cubcrafter

Hi,

This is my first attempt with SketchUp and I am having a very hard time getting the roof of this model to close.
I am using Pro 7.1
Anyone have any hints or tips?

Thanks

Salon101.skp

Gaieus

Hi Cubcrafter,

Would it be something like this? (I only closed it as a single plane).

It was actually pretty easy with inference locking and doing it in line four or five separate faces I joined later - except for that little piece I painted red (there is still some gap between that and the eave or what you call it - and not coplanar with the rest so maybe it doesn't even go there)

Salon101.skp

Cubcrafter

Thanks Gaieus,

This leads me to some questions.

Did you use the line tool to make these faces?

There is a line from the front to back in the big section of roof that you made that seperates two surfaces. Can this line be deleted and make this one surface?
When I delete it the surface goes away.

The same thing happens with the small triangle of roof on the rear.

The red roof should be on the same plane as the left side roof. The main front to back ridge line should extend back 8" more to line up with the fascia.

Thanks for your help. I have been using Microstation since 1982, when it was an Intergraph product, and I am now trying to learn new ways to present designs with SketchUp in my architectural practice.

Gaieus

Yes, I used only the line tool - but then also deleted all the edges that could be deleted. If an edge cannot be deleted without losing the face with it, it means that it divides two, non-planar faces therefore necessary. At times like this you have two choices - check where the model went wrong (it could even be the elevation import) or silently soften that edge and don't talk about it.