Hi all,

One more annoying problem with this infernal project.... I'm trying to create a tile pattern on my courtyard floor. I've imported the tile plan as a block and exploded it on the face of my floor. When I use the Make Faces Ruby, it simply layers many copies of the floor area face on top of each other without turning the floor pattern itself into faces. I've tried to draw on top of the unexploded block to make new faces but it simply layers the face of the pattern on top of the floor area face so when you move around in 3D you can see the two on top of each other. I've tried making faces of just the pattern and then triangulating it with the outline of the floor area to fill in the gaps so to speak, but that wasn't working either.

The reason that I need to make the floor pattern into faces is because there are three tile colours and I need to be able to render it later.

I should also mention that this file has been giving me a lot of face issues. If I make a simple square outside the confines of my model, it will often layer 2-5 faces on top of each other. Its very frustrating.

Any ideas Sketchup gurus?

Thank you in advance.....

Here is the file as requested. Thank you!

Thank you for your speedy response Gaieus. This is a CAD import, and there has been some sloppy drafting I'm trying to correct. Having some luck with the stray lines ruby. Slowly but surely its starting to work.

Hi All,

I have been beating my head against my desk for the past 2 days trying to figure out this problem.

I am trying to model an exterior courtyard which has been planned very organically. There are a number of levels all centering on a swirl shaped fountain, and I need to create faces from these very complicated areas so I can push/pull them into the appropriate heights. Bordering the fountain and different levels are planters that follow the contours of these curving areas.

Needless to say, I am having a heck of a time getting this done. I have all my lines on separate layers and have tried some rubies (weld - closes the curve and won't fill in the whole area, makefaces - does nothing at all) to try and make these areas into faces to no avail.

Thanks in advance for your help.