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    I've got a problem with Sketchup [ clipping plane issues]

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    • cottyC Offline
      cotty
      last edited by

      You can add the skp directly as an attachement to your post (under the text-field).

      my SketchUp gallery

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      • Jean LemireJ Offline
        Jean Lemire
        last edited by

        Hi folks.

        Try this:

        1 - Make everything visible (Unhide All and make sure all layers are visible).

        2 - Select All.

        3 - Create a group with the selection. All the model including any stray geometry is now one group.

        4 - Open the Outlinerwindow.

        5 - Right click on the newly created group to bring up a contextual menu.

        6 - Choose Zoom Extend in this menu. This will zoom so that only the group fills the screen.

        If the group do not fill the screen, you have something tiny and/or far that is enlarging the bounding box of the group. If this is the case, try the procedure below.

        If it nicely fills the screen there still migth be a problematic geometry but is is in line with the line of sight. Orbit the model at least 90Β° and try again.

        To delete stray geometry that is difficult or even impossible to spot, try this:

        1 - Try to orbit, pan and zoom so that you can see your model sufficiently to select all of it.

        2 - Repeat steps 1 and 2 from above procedure.

        3 - Press and hold down the SHIFT key to Add/Subtract from the selection.

        4 - While still pressing the SHIFT key, do a window select of all of your model. This deselects it. Any stray geometry remains selected.

        5 - Delete the selection.

        If the problem persits, it migth happens that the stray geometry is in line with the line of sight. Again, orbit the view by about 90Β° and repeat the procedure.

        Just ideas.

        Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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        • grizzlerG Offline
          grizzler
          last edited by

          @cotty said:

          You can add the skp directly as an attachement to your post (under the text-field).

          I've cleaned up all the drawing and left on filter bank item that exhibits the problem. I'm preparing myself for a barrage of comments beginning with "you idiot, you had >insert setting here< active!" πŸ˜„


          Clipping Plane plus zoom in/out issues

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            You've got hidden entities scattered all over. Turn on Hidden Geometry and hit Zoom Extents. Take a look around and clean up the junk.


            Junk.png

            Etaoin Shrdlu

            %

            (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE)

            G28 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.0

            M30

            %

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
              last edited by

              You have one longer 'hidden line' that is almost 2 miles away from the origin !
              Erase that [and have a general tidy up - e.g. why all the unattached dims?] and everything will be fine !

              TIG

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              • grizzlerG Offline
                grizzler
                last edited by

                @tig said:

                You have one longer 'hidden line' that is almost 2 miles away from the origin !
                Erase that [and have a general tidy up - e.g. why all the unattached dims?] and everything will be fine !

                Wow. And there's me thinking I kept it tidy! 😳

                For some reason when I read the last two posts, the voice narrating them in my head was that of my Mum - just like when I was a child being told to tidy my room πŸ˜„

                Consider me told off.

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                • Jean LemireJ Offline
                  Jean Lemire
                  last edited by

                  Hi Grizzler, hi folks.

                  I applied all the ideas in my previous post.

                  See attached SU files for ideas:


                  SU oddity.skp


                  SU oddity 2.skp

                  Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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                  • F Offline
                    Faizan15
                    last edited by

                    this problem occurs only with parallel projection mode. It will be removed if you switch to perspective or 2 point perspective.

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                    • M Offline
                      mpaw79
                      last edited by

                      I've found that Advanced Camera Tools cameras can cause problems with clipping. Sometimes you grab a an unlocked camera without knowing it or reset the view of an unlocked camera unexpectedly and that particular camera's FOV volumes become gigantic.

                      From the ACT menu under Tools -> show all cameras & show all FOV volumes. Delete any obviously crazy, misplaced, or forgotten about cameras and their companion scenes.

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        ACT can add a camera and its 'frustum' that is so big, that it makes the model's bounds so big, that it instigates the clipping issue !

                        TIG

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