Struggling with Solids

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Hi all,

I’ve a new user to Sketchup and can’t for the life of me make my model a solid.

I’ve been through hours of tutorials, removed all stray lines I could find but still can’t get the result.

I don’t know if I can achieve this using Sketchup Free and I’m just missing something or if I need to upgrade to Shop to unlock additional solid actions.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, many thanks in advance.

Just a side note, when viewing the model, the walls should be 30mm with a hollow in the middle to save resin.

Kind Regards

Craig

test.stl (30.5 KB)

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The .stl that you have attached is a solid.
It would be more helpful to attach the .skp file. Use the download option to save it to your computer then drag and drop into a message.
Could it be that you simple aren’t making your geometry a group or component? SU only sees things as solid when they are ‘wrapped’.

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Hi,

Thank you so much for the speedy response, yes I’m definitely making the geometry a group and then a component.

I’ll remember to always upload the .skp file in future.

Bridge Abutments.skp (1.0 MB)

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I hate to say it, but i opened it, Clicked solid inspector, it told me it had one stray edge, click fix and it was a solid.
Solid inspector is the bottom right icon in the web version.

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Ha! Typical - I’ll always take an easy fix with a lesson for the future gladly!

Thank you so much, I obviously need to learn how to use solid inspector properly.

That shall be my next tutorial.

Many thanks once again.

Craig

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No worries, not sure solid inspector in the web version has the fix button, but it will certainly show you the errors by highlighting each in red for you.

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Hmmm, it appears that I have to upgrade in order to use it at all.

Don’t suppose you could describe where that stay is and I can fix it manually?

Maybe an upgrade to Shop is necessary for me going forward, just a bit of an expense for what is essentially a tool I use for my model railway hobby.

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Sorry my mistake, I thought Solid inspector was available in the free version, but I guess it’s the shop version.
You may want to look at the last free desktop version SU2017 Make. It will run Extensions.

The stray edge is very small.
Stray

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That worked a treat!

Once again thank you for your assistance.

I need to either commit to Shop or stick with 2017 going forward from what I can see.

Have a great weekend.

Craig

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