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    coulteri
    last edited by 30 Apr 2010, 11:58

    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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      thomthom
      last edited by 30 Apr 2010, 12:07

      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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        mitcorb
        last edited by 30 Apr 2010, 12:31

        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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          thomthom
          last edited by 30 Apr 2010, 13:50

          @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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            mitcorb
            last edited by 30 Apr 2010, 14:14

            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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              coulteri
              last edited by 30 Apr 2010, 18:46

              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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                mitcorb
                last edited by 30 Apr 2010, 20:26

                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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