How to reset/modify the height of a vertex/point?

metaclay · 2 Jul 2012, 16:23

hi, here's my case : let say i have a multi segmented line (for example : a shape with 100 line segments). This is just a general shape , can be any shape. the shape is suppose to be on the floor /ground ( zero height or z value =0), but let say for some reason , some of the point or line has been altered or moved so they're not at ground level anymore and the z distance is very small (let say 1mm or less) so we can't tell the different until we do macro zoom. With this condition , the 'generate faces' command will fail to generate a surface for that closed shape. So i have to reset the height of all the vertex/point to make them all lying on the same flat plane (or ground plane in this case).

My question are :

how can we check if we got point/line that is not at ground level ( the z value is not 0) . Entity info only show the length data. Is it possible to alter the x,y,z data by entering numeric value of selected point/vertex?
if we found the points or lines that are above the ground level, how do i reset them so the z value become 0. Do i have manually edit/move them one by one. Do we have a better or faster way ?

the goal is to make sure all the segments are on the same flat plane, so the generate face command won't fail.
Thanx

pilou · 2 Jul 2012, 16:47

Vertex tools by Thomthom ?

Rich O Brien · 2 Jul 2012, 17:07

@unknownuser said:

how can we check if we got point/line that is not at ground level ( the z value is not 0) . Entity info only show the length data. Is it possible to alter the x,y,z data by entering numeric value of selected point/vertex?

Under Windows > Preferences > Extensions check the box for Utilities Tools and restart SketchUp

Under the Tools menu will be Utilities > Query Tool

Use this to determine the the height of each vertex by reading the status bar when hovering on vertices.

@unknownuser said:

if we found the points or lines that are above the ground level, how do i reset them so the z value become 0. Do i have manually edit/move them one by one. Do we have a better or faster way ?

Try using Thomthom's Edge Tools here

Or use SketchUp's Drape tool under Windows > Preferences > Sandbox Tools

metaclay · 2 Jul 2012, 20:45

Thanx, i'll check the thomthom plugin and also the sandbox/drape.

Jean Lemire · 4 Jul 2012, 16:40

Hi folks.

If you want to try it with SU's native tool, see this file for ideas:

Finding endpoint that is not coplanar.skp