"clean up" and hidden geometry
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I am trying to create an offset from the foundation walls as shown in order to create the footings. When I try to either trace around the guidelines, I get the message as shown. In regard to this, earlier today, I executed the "clean up" plugin and it did a hell of job, cleaned out my whole model!!! It would be nice if there was some warning or something to let you know what it is cleaning. I used it yesterday and had no issues, so I am sure it was my error, which I can deal with, It would just be nice to know what I did. I am using the plugin "buildedge plan" to draw my walls. I have also turned hidden geometry on and off and it does not show any, after running cleanup, but still will not let me trace over what is there. Thanks,
Jerry
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It is telling you there is a hidden layer, not hidden geometry. Turn on the hidden layer in the layers dialog so you can deal with it as necessary.
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It seems you are drawing on geometry that is on a hidden layer and in the same (editing/drawing) context.
If the geometry were grouped and not in the current drawing context, then you wouldn't get this message.SketchUp separates geometry when grouping it, not like in other programs by different layers.
You may also see a similar warning when drawing over geometry that is hidden but still in the same context, not separated by a group.
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