Using Solid Tools to Trim

SketchUp
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Attempting to use various Solid Tools (Trim, Subtract, etc) I would receive the following message “One or more of the selected object is either not a solid or is locked. The non-solid/locked obj. will be deselected before this operation is performed”

I searched this and other forums but nothing seems to fit or resolve the issue.

I sort of just figured it out over a bit of time.

My fix was this. Somehow, the two components in question were basically nested components. I am not certain how the same object became nested in the first place. Once I exploded the outer component of both objects leaving the inner (identical) component. The remaining (un-exploded) components allowed me to use the solid tools without error.

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Solid Tools only work on Solids. In SketchUp a Solid is defined as a single watertight shape, that is one completely enclosed single shell without holes.

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If you don’t already use it, the Solid Inspector extension is hugely useful in determining what is solid and what isn’t, plus identifying how it fails when it does.