# Sketchup 2022 graphics issue - coplanar faces? **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical Problems\ **Tags:** graphics, sketchup-2022\ **Created:** [January 27, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166 "2022-01-27T19:46:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hank](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/hank/32/94346_2.png) [@hank](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/hank)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/1 "2022-01-27T19:46:22Z")
Is anyone else experiencing issues with 2022 graphics? When two planes in different groups are coplanar, they intermittently disappear on view refresh… ![Jan-27-2022 14-42-32](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/4/7/47155f39f994022f7809e9a6bec380737165860c.gif) My specs… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/2/8/2851e0f2ffe9feaa4af72e8423b1852619f2be1a.png) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/2 "2022-01-27T19:49:47Z")
Can you share the .skp file? ---
**Author:** ![Anssi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/anssi/32/105_2.png) [@Anssi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Anssi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/3 "2022-01-27T20:26:33Z")
Is your object very small? Coplanar faces do always display flickering as the computer tries to decide which of them to show. ---
**Author:** ![Elmtec-Adam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/elmtec-adam/32/120483_2.png) [@Elmtec-Adam](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Elmtec-Adam)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/4 "2022-01-27T21:01:20Z")
Ive had someone contact me with this today : drawing a flat object and then offsetting : this produces edges that aren’t always visible ---
**Author:** ![Elmtec-Adam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/elmtec-adam/32/120483_2.png) [@Elmtec-Adam](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Elmtec-Adam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/5 "2022-01-31T11:05:02Z")
I’ve spoken the user/trainer/reseller here who has run into this also (I5 Mac with Intel Iris, running 11.6 with SU2022). It doesn’t happen for me on either my main Windows Workstation or my M1 Mac. But just for anybody curious AND/or Reference, here is a file where it is happening for them and the images of what they are seeing. [IDH Edges Disappearing on Offset.skp](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/oPYYIzGTEBfejgKjPWm4ZaNA1L2.skp) (312.4 KB) You can see that these interior edges aren’t rendering, however rotation causes them to reappear, similar to the OP’s issue. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/4/4/4409880ae5e537872e1c5a8056e38d9cb18b22b2.png) ---
**Author:** ![Katya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@Katya](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Katya)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/6 "2022-02-01T18:38:07Z")
@Elmtec-Adam When I open that file, the interior edges show up just fine for me, right off the bat. Another Elmtec customer in the UK reported the same thing today, and they appear to be using Windows. I’ll send you an email with some questions about the user’s settings. ---
**Author:** ![Elmtec-Adam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/elmtec-adam/32/120483_2.png) [@Elmtec-Adam](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Elmtec-Adam)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/7 "2022-02-01T21:08:23Z")
Hi Katya, I think it was me 🙂 who you spoke to on salesforce. These work totally fine for me also, on both of my machines. There are other mysterious forces at play it appears! ---
**Author:** ![colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/colin/32/266703_2.png) [@colin](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/colin)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/8 "2022-02-03T23:03:11Z")
I was tasked with looking into this further, and I found that if I disable my AMD GPU, and run SketchUp with the Intel GPU, the problem does occur. I will create a bug report about the problem. ---
**Author:** ![colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/colin/32/266703_2.png) [@colin](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/colin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/9 "2022-02-10T20:40:17Z")
For anyone chancing across this post, here are some work arounds to the issue, while we work on fixing the problem. The problem only happens if your geometry is completely flat, and you are in parallel projection, and you are on a standard view (Top for example), and you are using an integrated GPU, most likely Intel. It can happen on Mac or Windows. That may seem like a lot of things to have to line up, but it may be common when people are making floor plans, and like to see the plan from straight above. Any of these will solve the problem for now: 1. Orbit by any amount. That could be a fraction of a degree, leaving the geometry looking the same as it does from exactly straight above. 2. View in Perspective. The floorpan will look the same, if viewed from above. 3. Add some other geometry that is closer to the camera than the flat parts. If the model has any amount of thickness to it, you can still be in parallel projection, top view, on an integrated GPU, and the problem won’t occur. 4. Check to see if your computer has a discreet GPU that you can ask the system to use when running SketchUp. ---
**Author:** ![colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/colin/32/266703_2.png) [@colin](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/colin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/10 "2022-02-25T01:32:47Z")
Today’s update to 2022.0.1 has this issue fixed. You can get it here: > **[Download All | SketchUp](https://www.sketchup.com/download/all)** ---
**Author:** ![hank](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/hank/32/94346_2.png) [@hank](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/hank)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/11 "2022-03-14T19:55:10Z")
Thanks @colin That seems to have fixed it on my machine. ---
**Author:** ![Diogo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/diogo/32/129703_2.png) [@Diogo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Diogo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/12 "2022-04-29T13:06:36Z")
Having similar problem after updating to 2022. thought was a problem with graphics card but the driver is up to date. The problem normally starts when modeling something small. but once it happens it goes to all the geometry. Sometimes just drawing a line on a face is enough to see that line flickering. Normally happens inside same group geometry. I’m am running Sketchup 2022 Version 22.0.354 64-bit on Windows 10. AMD Ryzen 9 3900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 [https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/6/4/644fe9aeef97640a2bac7495278930b6bdcc19b8.mp4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/6/4/644fe9aeef97640a2bac7495278930b6bdcc19b8.mp4) ---
**Author:** ![Diogo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/diogo/32/129703_2.png) [@Diogo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Diogo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/13 "2022-04-29T13:18:27Z")
I am on version 22.0.354 and still having similar problems. > [@Sketchup 2022 graphics issue - coplanar faces?](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/12): > > Having similar problem after updating to 2022. thought was a problem with graphics card but the driver is up to date. The problem normally starts when modeling something small. but once it happens it goes to all the geometry. Sometimes just drawing a line on a face is enough to see that line flickering. Normally happens inside same group geometry. I’m am running Sketchup 2022 Version 22.0.354 64-bit on Windows 10. AMD Ryzen 9 3900X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 ---
**Author:** ![colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/colin/32/266703_2.png) [@colin](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/colin)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/14 "2022-04-29T15:09:05Z")
What you showed is a different issue. It should have been improved in recent versions, but there may be something different about your model. Can you add a simple example to your reply, that shows the problem? ---
**Author:** ![Diogo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/diogo/32/129703_2.png) [@Diogo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Diogo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/15 "2022-04-29T15:10:27Z")
An Skp file or a video of the problem? ---
**Author:** ![colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/colin/32/266703_2.png) [@colin](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/colin)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/16 "2022-04-29T15:12:58Z")
SKP please. You should be able to attach small files to your reply. If it’s a large file, post the file online and reply with the link. ---
**Author:** ![Diogo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/diogo/32/129703_2.png) [@Diogo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Diogo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/17 "2022-04-29T15:15:06Z")
A small file solves the problem. that object I showed in the video is part of a big file. If I copy to an empty file it doesn’t show any problems. Unfortunately I cant share the big file. ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/18 "2022-04-29T15:24:37Z")
> [@Diogo](#): > > that object I showed in the video is part of a big file. So small object at a relatively large distance from the origin? ---
**Author:** ![Diogo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/diogo/32/129703_2.png) [@Diogo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Diogo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/19 "2022-04-29T15:25:25Z")
@DaveR mentioned that could be multiple faces or distance to origin. I cant share the file but to be fair that group is arround 40meters from the origin and on Red Axis and 20 on Green Axis and 3 meters on Blue. Most of my models are with this kind of size. always work in millimeters and with big details in some areas. This problem only came around since 2022 update. that’s why I was trying to figure it out. ---
**Author:** ![Diogo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/diogo/32/129703_2.png) [@Diogo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Diogo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166/20 "2022-04-29T15:31:33Z")
testing on an empty file I can replicate the problem by moving from the origin to the coordinates I need. So I guess I that’s the problem. Do you know any way of fixing it? I never experienced this before SU22 with similar files. [Next page](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-graphics-issue-coplanar-faces/188166.md?page=2)