D2 plan for a plot - colours mixing, how to integrate objects for cutting out for coloring

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Hi

Thanks for letting me in!

I know colour mixing is an issue, and offset of 1 mm is not a solution for me.

I was hoping to understand the Union or intersec faces, but I dont get it…

Any tip?

Here is what I get:

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The file is here

Thanks!

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Is this just a 2d drawing?

If yes, and assuming each of your buildings are groups or components - move them up a bit - what you are seeing is Z fighting where 2 surfaces are trying to occupy the same space.

If you want to keep everything on the same plane you can intersect faces - but they need to be in the same context (group or component) - when you select a face you can right click on it and ‘intersect faces’ - then if you have done things correctly you can color the individual faces.

But since you are asking these questions I would start here:

https://learn.sketchup.com/courses/sketchup-fundamentals-part-1

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What I usually do is that I convert each building to a hole cutting component and glue it to the site’s face. This will create a hole in that face and the conflicts disappear. You can also draw everything as faces and discard groups and components, but that won’t be as effective for organization purposes.

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Thanks for input.

I used a bit time to understand intersect faces, so finally I managed to “Make a hole”