<![CDATA[can't fill the base of model]]>hi ive been working on this model and the base disappeared, I did a slice at 0.2 and intersected it ,but it won't stay . ill try and upload the file. thanks Deanla vista palm trees.skp

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/topic/165009/can-t-fill-the-base-of-modelRSS for NodeMon, 14 Sep 2026 18:06:21 GMTMon, 14 Sep 2026 12:27:29 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to can't fill the base of model on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:50:16 GMT]]>The model is quite large. You have the palm tree at around 43 KM tall. Modeling with the units set to meters is good for 3D printing but this is probably much larger than it needs to be. That said, there are a lot of "forks" in the bottom edges that create problems for Intersect Faces. I deleted the large face and then started stitching from end point to end point to fill in faces. I did a little cleanup at a few points in order to get faces to form but when I was finished it looked like this.

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I ran CleanUp3 to remove the unneeded edges.

Screenshot - 9_14_2026 , 10_48_42 AM.png

There'll be some other cleanup such as internal faces and stray edges to remove. Solid Inspector and Solid Inspector2 along with Solid Solver can help with some of that.

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1622001https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1622001Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:50:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can't fill the base of model on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:27:40 GMT]]>Try resetting your model scale.

]]>https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1621999https://community.sketchucation.com/post/1621999Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:27:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to can't fill the base of model on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:25:34 GMT]]>It could be that your model units are too large. Tiny geometry like 0.2 will break or disappear easily in SketchUp.

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