Built walls are are exact height, but there not??
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I have spent weeks and weeks on building my house. I was extra careful in measuring there height so that they were all 7ft 6ins tall. Obviously somewhere down the line I've made a mistake although I double and tripled checked with my measuring was correct to save me trouble later on and STILL its wrong. I've tried to correct the walls but cleared 1 section only to find the trouble next to it.
Its a pity I can't draw a picture because it is hard explaining only with words, is there a way of putting attachments?
My question is will I have to go right back to the beginning and starting it all over again or can you tell me a simple way of correcting my mistake.
To simplify it: wall built to 7'6". As I have gone on building and added another wall later on, measured it - 7'6". On trying to correct the mistake 1 wall is 1/8" longer? but when I checked the walls separately there both 7'6" exactly.
Sorry if this is a bit long but it is hard to put into words only.John
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Hi John, hi folks.
Can you attach your SketchUp (skp) file to a post here in this forum, or at least the problematic part.
Use the "Upload attachment" tab below this window and follow the instructions.
Just ideas.
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Hi Jean
I'll try, but I've never done anything like this before. I'm going to have a go now but it is totally above my head.
Sorry, I was totally lost, I didn't know what I was doing so I can't send a file.
Thanks for the reply
John -
John,
Please see this screen grab for where to attach your file. When you have located the file and attached it, click "Add the File", then "Submit"
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@d12dozr said:
John,
Please see this screen grab for where to attach your file. When you have located the file and attached it, click "Add the File", then "Submit"
I think I have sent the file although it was big and took a long time to transfer. I don't even know if it transfered at all.
(Ignorance isn't bliss)John
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Hi John,
No, unfortunately it1s not uploaded. Try again, please. What is the file size?
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Go metric - you're in Blighty.
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@chrisglasier said:
Go metric - you're in Blighty.
I am an imperial person of that age but yes I should have gone matric because it is easier. Unfortunately even if I had gone metric it doesn't solved my problem.
Your right though, I'll go metric in the future. But at the moment?
John
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@gaieus said:
Hi John,
No, unfortunately it1s not uploaded. Try again, please. What is the file size?
I don't know but I'll find out. Meanwhile I'taken 2 photos with 'snipping tool'. I will try to send them in jpeg. Here's hoping.
John
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@jacm said:
@gaieus said:
Hi John,
No, unfortunately it1s not uploaded. Try again, please. What is the file size?
I don't know but I'll find out. Meanwhile I'taken 2 photos with 'snipping tool'. I will try to send them in jpeg. Here's hoping.![this shows the below the "base line" as it where. Caused by unequal walls which it is hard to find, so laying the floor is a nightmare.](/uploads/imported_attachments/JhNb_Thingsunlevel.JPG "this shows the below the "base line" as it where. Caused by unequal walls which it is hard to find, so laying the floor is a nightmare.")
John
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Hi John,
Okay, so attaching is successful now. Unfortunately however - although as you already "know" your model, you may know that this is the problematic area - for me it is not very clear what the issue in that image is.
If the skp file is too big to upload here, you can also try to upload it to the 3D Warehouse (File menu > 3D Warehouse > Share model) and paste the link here.
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@jacm said:
@gaieus said:
Hi John,
No, unfortunately it1s not uploaded. Try again, please. What is the file size?
I don't know but I'll find out. Meanwhile I'taken 2 photos with 'snipping tool'. I will try to send them in jpeg. Here's hoping.
John[/quote
I've sent 1 photo, I'll try the other 1.
I don't know the size but I do know it is extremely large.
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@jacm said:
@jacm said:
@gaieus said:
Hi John,
No, unfortunately it1s not uploaded. Try again, please. What is the file size?
I don't know but I'll find out. Meanwhile I'taken 2 photos with 'snipping tool'. I will try to send them in jpeg. Here's hoping.
John
I've sent the wrong one . Heres another one. I found that the lavels are uneven but when I checked the walls individually they were all 7'6" exactly but very close up they a difference in hieght even though they were built on a level plane. I'm so far into the build I don't how to fix it. When I do fix a part it moves to the next part with the same problem. Maybe I should start again?
John
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@jacm said:
@jacm said:
@jacm said:
@gaieus said:
Hi John,
No, unfortunately it1s not uploaded. Try again, please. What is the file size?
I don't know but I'll find out. Meanwhile I'taken 2 photos with 'snipping tool'. I will try to send them in jpeg. Here's hoping.
John
I've sent the wrong one . Heres another one. I found that the lavels are uneven but when I checked the walls individually they were all 7'6" exactly but very close up they a difference in hieght even though they were built on a level plane. I'm so far into the build I don't how to fix it. When I do fix a part it moves to the next part with the same problem. Maybe I should start again?
John[attachment=1:32gyf1nr]<!-- ia1 -->another level.JPG<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment:32gyf1nr]I sent another which its shows up a lot better. You can see the uneven cover.[attachment=0:32gyf1nr]<!-- ia0 -->More uneven cover.JPG<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:32gyf1nr]
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Have you tried viewing your model using the standard views and parallel projection? Sometimes this helps to sleuth out the problem.
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Also have you made the walls components?
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I wonder if parts of your model have been skewed off of the normal vertical-horizontal planes. Try turning on Color by Axis (Window/Styles/Edge). If the vertical wall lines are not blue (vertical), this could account for the small errors.
Wyatt -
Never used it yet, I forgot all about it. I'll give it a try, thanks
John
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@unknownuser said:
I wonder if parts of your model have been skewed off of the normal vertical-horizontal planes. Try turning on Color by Axis (Window/Styles/Edge). If the vertical wall lines are not blue (vertical), this could account for the small errors.
WyattI have pust pernt how to turn the 'paint bucket' around for part of my floor covering, i.e. 'floorboards'. I may have something to do with it as I don't think I was accurate with the 90 degree turn. I'll double check that as well.
Thanks John
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I've tried all the suggestions that have been given to me today so thanks for your input, its stopped me from going insane.
I have taken yet another 'snipping tool' photo to show the problem.
To recap, at the start many weeks ago I made the base, I then started to build the walls. They where doubled checked of each walls hieght and they where all 7feet 6inchestall exactly. Starting in the centre of the building, the staircase, and working out gradually building each wall and again checking the hieght. I entered each mearurement on the keyboard 7'6" and pressed 'enter' to make sure it was exact.
Two days ago I came across the problem of some walls each where exactly 7'6" but when to gether there was a difference. I repaired to problem and then found another wall with a problem, this time 1 wall was 7'6" and the other was 7' 5 7/8", a difference of an 1/8". so now I keep trying to lay floors, some places O.K. but some places won't align so it becomes difficult and time wasting, makes me feel I'm going round in circles. So I ask the question dump it all and start again, (a loss of quite a few weeks weeks work). Or can somebody got a solution so that I can carry on?
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