Man I get all excited seeing someone who actually knows what they are doing in Sketchup. It was like magic seeing you flow through my project like that! I am working on getting there but I just don't know the tricks of the trade so more practice, practice, practice. The one I originally made was too scale and seeing Cotty make my project his bitch; It gives me more faith in myself that I can fix my projects instead of starting from scratch. THANK YOU GUYS 1,000,000 times for the help! Hopefully my lighter will be magnetized to my "piece" in no time!

All I can say is WOW! I go to bed hoping my post will get looked at and I wake up in the morning having all of the answers I need! I can't believe how well this forum is setup with all the great community members. I now have a much better understanding off Solids and can make my next ideas a solid from the start. I cant thank enough for the help BOX!. Taking the time to make the solid for me is amazing even though that is something very simple to most of you. Teaching myself it took me hours to make my simple lighter holder.

I am attaching the model so if something comes to this forum they can open it and see the mistakes I have made. Box do you mind if I take your perfect rendition of the lighter holder and print it now so I can start on my next invention!

Drawn with separate as lines instead of a solid

First off I want to thank this amazing website for everything it offers and the people on here who take the time to read and respond to people like me. I have searched everywhere so I hope I am not posting something that has been covered by someone. If so please post the links and I will use those. I have tried my best to find the solution to my problems but I have no luck making my prjoect how it needs to be because I have no guidance. I'm a self taught noob.

I am currently making my objects and designs in Sketchup 8(Free Version). Now that 3d printing is so available to everyone I would like to print the things I have been making. The only problem is I haven't been worrying about making the solid because I was never intending on turning my ideas into actual "SOLID" objects. I have searched this website for every type of plugin to fix or even point out the problems with my object. When I use FixSolid there are so many fixes that it doesn't know what to do so it turns my object to a small box. When I use plugins to point out the problem it says there are so many that I have no idea where to start. If I go through and smooth every edge will that do anything?
I have random components and groups. Nothing is organized how it probably should be so I am asking if I should just start from scratch and try to make a Solid from the Start? Or Can I somehow fix this with some miracle? I will attach pictures of the project. I am trying to make a lighter holder that can hold a magnet. It is not as complicated as some of the impossible prints I have seen so I know this is possible with a little guidance. Hopefully some Sketchup god can help get me through this so I can start on my next CREATION