@wo3dan said:

@dgrace75 said:

......Seems like its an axis issue but not sure. I've attached the file here. Do you all know what I'm missing here, .....

Hi Danny, is there any reason to model your roof upside down? Right now you model in the negative Z direction (dotted blue). Maybe this will resolve your issues.

I didn't think I was tracing on the negative z direction. I know I was using orbit quiet a bit to move around the house/trace...I wonder if I got upside down there, but it still looked like it was right side up.

I'll play around with the axis' to see if that's the problem.

Hey guys,
I am just getting started with Sketchup Make and particularly with sketching roof's and dormers for solar panel placement using the Skelion Plugin. I have run into a problem fairly early on I'm trying to figure out.

Basically, I'm tracing the dormers and lower level portion of the roof pitch of a house and they are "defaulting" to "bottom of the house". I need the dormers and roof pitches to enclosue to be able to 1) Place my offsets 2) Select areas for Skelion Solar Panels.

Seems like its an axis issue but not sure. I've attached the file here. Do you all know what I'm missing here, or have a you tube instructional video possibly that I could watch that takes me through this particular part of tracing a google earth image. I've been searching You Tube but having no luck finding a solution.

Thanks in advance Sketchucation Community
Danny

Roof with Dormers & Vent on bottom.skp

Thanks everyone for the tips and your help...looking forward to getting started soon! I'll be visiting on here when time permits to see how the SU Gurus are doing!

Hey All,
Brand new to the forum here, just wanted to jump and say hi, and ask if you guys self taught yourself to first the Free version then possibly moved on to Pro? If so, how long did it take you to feel pretty comfortable with kicking out some decent sized projects such as office buildings, warehouses, multifamily, etc with exterior improvements.? I have a few years of AutoCAD experience back around the ACad 2000 days, so not sure if that will help in the learning.

Anyways, just curious how long I should think it should take, studying/playing with it for a few hours (5-10) a week.

Thanks in advance!