Cannot add Location to model “model is already georeferenced”

SketchUp for iPad
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I’ve created a model of a house. I went to add location to be able to model location specific lighting conditions and as I enter in location to add, it gives me a prompt “this model is already georeferenced at a location more than 1000m from the location you’ve chosen. This may result in poor alignment. Continue?”

I have tried to continue, but nothing happens or it’s taking an extraordinary time. My model disappears and when I zoom to extents there is nothing there.

I have created new models with nothing in them and can apply the location with no dramas. I thought perhaps the materials I imported may have locations, so I removed all materials, purged, saved and tried to apply the location but I still get the same prompt and result.

How can I fix it to apply my own location? Not to the location the model appears to be defaulting to?

Is there a way to change the location even though I can’t see where it’s geolocated to?

I don’t want to recreate the model from scratch but I do need the correct sunlight, is there a workaround?

Note that I’m using Sketchup for iPad

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Do you have components from the 3d warehouse in your house model? Some of these may be geolocated (I’ve never understood the need to geolocate a couch or a stove, but ¯_(ツ)_/¯ - this might be affecting your model.

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When the model is geo located at the wrong location, you can open the “model info”, go to “geo-location” and use the “clear location” option to remove the attached location. Once deleted, you can add a new geo-location to your model.

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Go to Window - Model Info - Geo-location and click on Clear Location

@colin - Delete from inside Add Location has a problem.

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Thanks for your advice. This seems straightforward enough, however, I do not have these items in the model info menu of the iPad app. I don’t suppose you know where I can find this in the iPad app version?

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Oops, my apologies, didn’t notice you’re using the ipad version.
Hope another ipad user can show you where to find this option :crossed_fingers:

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Thanks for the input but I do not have the same menu options, etc. in the iPad version. The only location item from what I can see is in the shadows menu. Do you happen to know how to clear location in the app version?

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Thinking this may have been the issue, I removed all items from the warehouse but still doesn’t appear to have cleared the location to resolve.

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I have now tested in SketchUp for Web (Go) and the Delete button works as it should.
Hamburger menu > Add Location > Delete.

An iPad user can tell you more precisely. @Danimaupin

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There is no obvious way to delete geolocation in the ipad version. You can add a location but not delete.
And as mentioned, when you add a new location it tells you it already is geolocated but gives you no option to delete the first one, just a warning that the alignment may be incorrect, and sure enough it drops the new terrain at a distance from the original, making it worthless.

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This did it. Thank you. This saved me hours of remodeling!

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