Validity Check Issue

[DanRathbun]

@GourmetDan

Dan are you there?

I am where I usually am, but not always logged in here.

@mikaela

Also, does the project still save if I’m getting a validity issue message …

Not sure,… but you can switch off the validity check on save:

Window > Preferences > General
[ ] Automatically check models for problems
[ ] Automatically fix problems when they are found

###SketchUp User Guide

• Customizing SketchUp
  • Setting Software and File Preferences
    • Checking models for problems

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ADD: I’ve opened a thread on the lack of a SketchUp Help Center article for these types of errors:

No help page for dealing with Validity Check "Problems Found" Errors

Problematic URL: Chapter: Fixing an Issue in SketchUp https://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000266 Section: Handling Error Messages https://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000267 Description of the Issue: No page to help users when dealing with Validity Check (aka Fix Problems) errors. These are one of the most reported issues on the public forums ! There are several different errors users encounter, but no page telling them how to deal with them. The most often encountered seems to be…

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The magnifying glass icon (at top right) is a forum search feature.
Searching on “validity check” will bring up a multitude of topic threads, like:

Getting a Validity Check error message repeatedly when saving file

Lesson learned ? Do not do this. Download into an empty model and examine the model for errors before ever inserting into your own models. Hopefully you can fix this by deleting the instance of the 3DW model (it is inserted as a component.) Then purge all. If this doesn’t work, turn on all hidden geometry (View > Hidden Geometry), show all layers, and then Edit > Select All, and paste into a new empty model in a separate instance of SketchUp (Windows) or a new document frame (Mac editions.)