Thanks for the information. Turning off the "Automatically check models for problems" option seems to have worked. I admit that model is still a bit of a mess. It is a combination of a imports. The outside skin is coming from Multigen Creator and some of the interior spaces are being imported from AutoCAD. I have a lot of work to clean and align everything up.

Here is the model. I would have posted it first except that there was a texture that was unexpectedly causing it to be too large.

Broken Planes

Thanks,

That is a useful tool! Everything appears to be on the correct axis.

During the save of a file or thee push of a surface, SketchUp is dividing my coplanar planes, as if they are not coplanar. It is very frustrating and I can't figure out how to resolve this. I have never had this issue in the past. Seem images for example of what is happening. Using SketchUp 8.0.

Any ideas would be great!

Not at all, bug report away. I assume that I am not the only person with this problem so if it helps I am happy to have my model submitted.

As a work around I made the people opaque because they are the most noticeable but the same problems shows up in the background where windows appear in front of other semi-transparent objects.

I did try that option but it really doesn't appear to make and difference.

Well, sometimes it takes a while for any acknowledgment, was a good start. Attached is a part of the file in question. I stripped a lot of the stuff from it because it is currently around 90 megs in total. This file contains enough to see the basic problems I am having though.

Test.zip

I have tried a couple different styles to see if one might work over another but they all tend to give the same odd appearance. That was exported just using the default style. I also messed around with editing the style and the transparency options in it but to no avail.

And yea, I have been using SketchUp intermittently for quite some time now, I think even before it was a Google product.

Thanks for the quick reply!

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and am having some problems with transparencies in SketchUp7. I have several layers with semi-transparent objects on them. The problem is when you look at the model some of the transparent background objects appear to be in front of objects in the foreground. This makes for a very confusing image.

I attached a screen shot of the problem. This happens while modeling as well as during Graphic \ Animation export. Any help would be fantastic from the group. Notice the silhouette and how background interfere with it. Thanks again!