Hello all,

I have been using SketchUp (Pro V8) now for about 4 years mainly in the design of a new house that I will start to build in a few days. My main model is of the house. The model is somewhat complex and has undergone a lot of revision. There are two things that bother me.

1
Sometimes when adding lines to existing geometry and on an existing face, a second face will be created on top of the first – sometimes more than one face exists in the same plane. (I do mean that this happens within a group and on a single layer.)

When attempting to give the face a texture or colour I have to delete one or more instances of the face before the texture or colour will be created.

As far as I can tell this problem has only started to occur as the model has become more complex and detailed. It is very frustrating and time consuming deleting faces all the time

2
In the process of editing it is unavoidable that a line will be crossed by other lines and so become divided into shorter lengths. Supposing now all of these lines are deleted and the first line is redrawn. Even without the intersecting lines the line remains divided so that it can’t be selected as a whole line using the select tool and a single click.

I have tried purging the drawing, but these annoying “features” continue to exist. What can I do to prevent this happening?

Thank you all for your input on this. I am aware of the problems caused by not being absolutely precise in making sure lines do meet at a point and not just sort of at a point. Hours spent finding where the offending point was.

This raises another query but I will start another thread as it is not related to this.

Thanks again

Thanks Rich.

I will not worry about it then - 'cos if I build to an accuracy of 1mm I would be more than happy - indeed surprised!

Regards

I'm posting here because I think this is a really simple question.

Why do I get a "~" in front of some (but not all)dimensions?

like this: ~ 859.0mm.

Told you it was a simple question - but I can't find the reason.

Any help will be appreciated

Sorry it's taken so long to thank you, John, for your input. I have not followed our proposals - yet - but I have noted what you have said and will in future if I need to input a jpg file.

Thanks again and to all who contributed.

Since my last post I have discovered something more.

When I reinstated Windows 7 I replaced an existing (working) 2 disc RAID with a single disc. I did not re-establish the RAID. So I was able to install one of the old raid discs as well in order to facilitate the transfer of data to the new disc.

After reloading SketchUp I copied the entire directory containing my SketchUp work from the old RAID disc to the new disk.

So far I have been opening both my versions 5 and 6 from the new disk and I have a problem. However if I open them from the old disk all is well.

I have now copied over version 6 to the new disc on its own and it is performing as it should.

Something was lost in the original translation bit I don’t know what and probably will never know.
I am sorry to have troubled you – I should have checked this out first.

But as John says, this is another opportunity to learn from the mistakes of others!!!

Thanks all for the valuable input.

I comment on your observations as they arise – by the way, why can’t I see my screen print uploads? Have I not done it right?

I’m using version 8 Pro of SU.

Driven: Your 4:48 p.m. post: I really don’t understand what you are getting at. SKM File? The greened out area is definitely a jpg file. Several other jpg files exist ok in both my versions.

If my version 5 is showing the jpg file OK, then why not my version 6? After all I am viewing both versions with the same copy of SU. Both versions were created before the reinstallation of Windows and SU.

But.

I can’t find a trace of the image file either on the present installation or the old one – (In the reinstallation I replaced the discs but I have the old disc installed as well so that I can reinstate data files easily without resorting to a backup.

So if the original file is missing, why can my version 5 still show the jpg OK?

Yes, driven, it is as clear as mud – almost.

If you could tell me how to purge whatever I need to purge I will try it just for fun – but the simple answer is that I can go back to my landscape drawing in AutoCad, resave the bit I want as a jpg and reload it into SU - or even import the AutoCad file – although I have never really done that successfully.

So as there is a reasonably simple option it probably is only academic to thrash this out within SU.

Does this option offend your commitment to SU and solving problems?http://sketchucation.com/forums/posting.php?mode=reply&f=15&t=60917#

It’s probably worth noting that there are several other jpg files in the model all of which show correctly in both versions.

![Version 6 is "greened out"](/uploads/imported_attachments/tpir_Version6.jpg "Version 6 is "greened out"")

You make a good point slbaumgartne.

So here are two screen shots.

Version 5 shows the jpg file as it should be in Version 6. In Version 6 it’s just “greened” out.

Remember that if I copy the image from Version 5 to 6 it reproduces greened out. But strangely if I copy the greened out image in Version 6 into version 5 it shows correctly!

I trust the screen shots help – if you need the model then I am happy to send it but I would prefer not to post it. – It is a fairly large file.

Thanks John

Definitely not that - just to be certain I tried turning x-ray on and off - nothing happened.