Hi, I’m using Sketchup Pro, and this particular model is behaving strangely. When I zoom in a certain amount, the view cuts through the exterior of the model. Hard to explain, I can email a screenshot if this site supports that?
The model is based on an imported dwg file, but I often do this and don’t have this problem. There are other strange things going on with the zoom and orbit which seem to be swinging around a bit erratically. I’ve tried doing view all and erasing anything that is far away from the area I’m working on, and I’ve purged unused entities, but still not working as it should. Any ideas?
Thanks! I have tried the fixes in the little online tutorial without success - model is on the origin, all extra geometry deleted, including on hidden layers, dimensions and zoom level are normal - but it’s still clipping when I zoom in! Any other ideas?
That suggests there is still some stray geometry that you haven’t managed to delete. It may be so small it is difficult to see. Make sure View->Hidden Geometry is on and that all layers are visible. Drag a left-to-right selection box over the empty space (be careful not to select part of your model). See if the entity info window says you selected anything. If so, hit delete. Try this on all of the blank space around the model.
Also do Window->Model Info->Components and check the “show component axes” box. If you then see little coordinate symbols in the white space, the problem is with the origin of a component.
Sounds like there still could be some stray geometry far from the model.
In this order click …
Edit > Select All
Camera > Zoom Extents
Now carefully deselect only the model parts you know you want to keep.
Entity Info will then probably indicate ‘other stuff’ is still selected. Hit Delete
As another thought, how large is your model? If it tries to cover an entire city (for example) it may be too large for SketchUp’s viewing system to stay sane. That’s a known limitation.
Hmm. If you zoom very close to something, SketchUp deliberately clips objects that would be behind the camera. This lets you, for example, zoom to the interior of a building. Could that be what you are experiencing?
Found and downloaded it. When loaded into a model via the 3DWarehouse, it naturally comes in as a single component. This component has an enormous bounding box, confirming that there is either still stray geometry or misplaced axes. My SU is throwing a stall while exploding the component, but I’ll get back to you with more info when it finishes!
