I’m a newbie, using SketchUp Go on Windows.
I have two simple boxes; both are groups and solids. When I copy one, edit the other, and paste the copied one, the result is not a solid. Running the model checker says I have nested groups/components.
I want to paste in the second so I can subtract it from the other. I’m obviously not doing it right, but none of the help seems to tell me what I’m doing wrong.
Please help!
True. You’ve created a group and a bunch of ungrouped geometry within another group container. If you think of the group “wrappers” as containers, what you are doing is akin to putting a little jar of grape jam inside a jar of peanut butter. That’s not the same same as combining the jam and and peantut butter. You need to eliminate the tiny jar containing the grape jam.
In order for an object (group or component) to be considered a solid, it must contain nothing but geometry. It cannot contain other components or groups. There must also be no stray edges, not holes in surfaces, and no internal faces.
There is absolutely no reason to cut and paste the first object into the second. Leave them as separate objects. Then use Subtract to subtract the first solid group from the second solid group.
Ok thanks. Somewhere I read that I had to have them together in the same group.
Bert Onstott
I wonder where that was.
Although not normally useful, you could select both objects and make a parent object to contain both of them. (peanut butter jar and jam jar together in a paper bag) but then you woould have to open the parent object for editing to access the two inner objects for the subtraction and the result would leave you with a single object in the parent object. So you would end up with the object double wrapped which isn’t helpful and means you have more work to do should you need to make further edits.
BTW, you should dit your previous post to remove your contact info.