Issue with Add Location and True North

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I have a project that I have been working on and have used the Add Location function which worked to begin with but has now lost its true north orientation.
Image below shows my model with true north (which is not correct)

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Image below is from a new test file with the same location setting and the true north as it should be.
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Under model info and Geo location they both have the same settings.

I’m at a loss on how to fix this.

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You can use Extension to set North Angle
Solar North | SketchUp Extension Warehouse

Or:
You can open Ruby Console (Menu >> Extension >> Developer >> Ruby Console)
and copy-paste (and hit Return) this code to set the NorthAngle of your model, substitute 10 (in degrees) with your desired value.

Sketchup.active_model.shadow_info["NorthAngle"] = 10
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How did you lose your true north? Did you add new images from the new location?

You could use an extension that allows you to set “true north”. I know it exists, but I haven’t used it (yet).
[edit: As @dezmo said above]

Usually when I get lost with these kinds of changes, I delete the location, purge the model, and add a new location, hoping to find true north again.

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Thanks so much for this thats just what i needed

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