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    • coulteriC Offline
      coulteri
      last edited by

      Hello!

      I´ve got a problem with drape tool. I have quite large flat terrain and when I drape some lines onto it, not all of them appear....

      Have you any ides, why this happens a how to fix it?

      thaks

      coulteri

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
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        I've also seen this behaviour. Would be nice to know why not all edges drape properly.

        Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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        • mitcorbM Offline
          mitcorb
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          Probably the inherent precision limits of the program. Supposedly overcome by temporarily scaling up the model to some unspecified extreme proportions. Maybe not- just speculation.

          I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
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            @mitcorb said:

            Probably the inherent precision limits of the program. Supposedly overcome by temporarily scaling up the model to some unspecified extreme proportions. Maybe not- just speculation.

            No - it's not small edges that are missing. Edges meters long.

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

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            • mitcorbM Offline
              mitcorb
              last edited by

              Yes, but what about tiny variations in gradient for lines meters long?

              I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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              • coulteriC Offline
                coulteri
                last edited by

                I found some errors in file with lines and this file was imported from dxf format. I´m not autor of it. Some lines were not joint, sometimes there were small lines over the intersections. Could this be the problem?

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                • mitcorbM Offline
                  mitcorb
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                  coulteri:
                  Yes, most likely either the dxf or the import process.
                  I am not the expert here, but what I have learned is that the original dwg or whatever, needs to be cleared of stray z values. This happens when the original drafter unintentionally or otherwise failed to snap vectors to appropriate endpoints, midpoints etc.
                  There is a thread or two here involving best practices for import dxf's and how to prepare them.

                  I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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