I’m not using it for commercial purposes. I said that because there is a real push to upgrade to a non-free version.
I see now. SU added those lines across the face of the circle and I needed to go through and delete them. As a beginner, I’m not sure how I could be clairvoyant enough to know that I need to delete hidden lines that SU added, which I couldn’t see or that I would somehow know that SU reversed stitched faces on me. Thanks for your help.
I see, you can’t blame them for trying to sell their product though…
No. I don’t. But I’ve had experiences before where I’ve used a free version and then when I needed a feature it’s only there if I upgrade. Don’t get me wrong. I’m impressed with this software and even more with this forum. I’ve never experienced a forum where knowledgable users respond so quickly and are for the most part willing to go beyond what typically happens in other forums to be helpful.
You don’t need to erase those lines to make your model a solid…
But it does make your model more clean and more easy to work with.
Same for the reversed faces, not technically necessary for a solid, but very important for things like 3d printing and rendering…
The stray edges are what’s preventing your model to be solid.
“The stray edges are what’s preventing your model to be solid.” I can’t agree with you on that one. The .skp file that endless fix fixed for me did not contain stray edges. After I reviewed what he did, I took the original version of my upload for that file, which did not display a volume, and simply deleted those lines across the circle. That fixed it and now a volume is displayed. Now, there is another file that might have that problem. I’ve looked at it carefully and can’t find any stray edges. But thanks for the tip. I’ll check again or redo the entire file with the benefit of the knowledge I’ve gained from this post.
True that!
This forum is the best I have ever encountered.
I’m happy that I’m part of it and can return the favours…
I’ve been away from the computer, but it looks like @endlessfix answered your question and provided a fixed model. You’re right about this forum being very helpful. It takes perseverence to get better along with the helpful videos provided by SU and their U-Tube channel. I have learned what I know in about 2 1/2 years from that and from almost daily practice. There are many more knowledgeable than I am, and it is wise to listen to them and follow their advice. Don’t worry about not understanding at first. Sometimes, it is hard to understand until you have practiced following the steps. You can do it just hang in there. Good luck.
Strange, because extra lines on a face that are not stray shouldn’t prevent your model from being solid.
To be considered solid in SketchUp a model must be a group or component and every edge must join 2 faces. No more and no less.
I can’t check your models now. It’s 1am here and I have to go to sleep now…
Thanks for the reply. Don’t waste your time unless there is some academic interest in it for you.
Trying to help others is never wasted time…
I think @endlessfix showed two extra very tiny faces on one of the elipses. It is hard sometimes to imagine how things like that happen but they do in spite of the operators’ attempts. Stuff like that happens usually with very tiny faces and smaller sized models. That is why many like @DaveR choose to set the model info to meters and use 1 meter equals one centimeter or one inch to avoid the tiny faces issue.
Hi @rdemyan , I reviewed your model and found the culprit. It was an internal face that was preventing your model to be solid. I erased only the internal face so you can see that the edges across the circle are not preventing your model from being solid.
By deleting the lowest line across you also automatically deleted that face because that edge is needed to form that internal face…
Still wondering how you got all those lines across that circle…
I attached the one I fixed so you can see…
BTW you have length snapping turned on. That’s a recipe for disaster. You can find it in “model info” menu on the right side of the screen.
TransitionZone - 15 deg fixed internal face (SU 2017).skp (380,9 KB)
Thanks for your efforts. I agree length snapping is a recipe for disaster.
When you are trying to select the edge of a planar shape, the easy way is to double click on the polygon face. This selects the face plus all the edges. Then hold down the shift key and click again on the face, which deselects it, leaving just the edges.
Learning a lot of tricks all at once makes it seem complicated.