Fix for SMALL GEOMETRY ERRORS in SketchUp!

In this video, learn how to fix errors in geometry creating by using tools on very small objects in your SketchUp workspace! This simple fix allows you to create complex geometry of any size inside of your SketchUp models!

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[aprilmarquardt]

Thank you so much for posting this! I was making something very small and I kept getting errors for an unknown reason. For the life of me I couldn't understand why. I stumbled across this video (amongst others of yours) and lo and behold your solution fixed the problem!

[NicholasNell]

Great video as always. A similar method that I have used is to make the objects a component, copy that over, scale up the copy and then apply the follow me to the larger component. This then generates the correct shape on the smaller component as well, and then I delete the larger copy.

[shadowmosesmusic]

I have a question. I'm working on collaboration with two different mediums. In blender a friend of mind created a complex object. I've imported the stl into sketchup and ensured it's a solid group by fixing any issues. When I merged the complex item with a simple square base extrusion - holes in the geometry showed up in the most awkward of places. Your videos have helped me, imo, become well versed in sketchup. I appreciate your help. IMO Sketchup doesn't get the love and recognition it deserves for 'cad' type modeling.

[LewisKauffman]

Thanks! I learned a couple of things- how to reduce the scale up to the original size and a better understanding of the sequence of using the follow me tool.

[birdyb]

That’s what I got issues with door carved drawing 🤯
Thank you so much teacher for your tips!

[bmamazonia]

Excelente! Tive esse mesmo problema com objetos pequenos e comecei a usar o fator escala para resolvê-los

[richardhache]

Having trouble in furniture making,
with my grouped parts to snap to mate, to make as one unit.

[christypaul]

Your videos really helps me fixing the model in sketchup. Can you please make a video on how to make brick jalies. I am an architectural student and I want to make jalies and i am so confused on how we could color it such a way it looks like jalies.

[eldarreshitov]

Thank you so much for your work and help!

[ianwright]

Good tip - didn't know about this - have had issue with small geometry before today - Thanks

[nicolasturcotte]

that was my problem! thanks so much
it works!

[jorgevillarreal]

I am using sketchup 2016 and any time i create an object that is attached to another object and regardless that I have them in two different layers the lines disappear... how can i fix this?

[imranAhmed-tyvs]

Could you please, Let me know how to make a slicer of this type of geometry object.

[MrBeauski]

I am so pissed... I have been manually fixing this issue for YEARS!!! What a simple yet genius solution. Ugh I wasted so much time. Thank you sir

[orac]

Genius. I spend soooo much time fixing holes, the worst is intersecting 2 curved objects or faces. Thanks

[deanlegg]

Hi I made a cylinder and embossed a logo on the surface, I designed it at 1000% then scaled it down, parts of the edge of the letters disappeared when smaller, at 1000% it was perfect, any ideas?

[xaenon]

I do exactly this, except if I'm working on intricate and small, I do everything in 10x scale, or even 100x if it's really, really detailed. It eliminates issues 'too many segments for the curve' and, or course, geometry problems.

I'm pretty sure it's due to how Sketchup handles arithmetic. Since Sketchup was originally designed to model architecture, the precision of its arithmetic is probably too limited for very small objects. Of course, I'm not a programmer, so I very well could be talking out of my a**, and I assume also that there's a good reason for not implementing such fine precision in this particular software.

[douglasmichel]

Hey Justin, hope you’re well. You reversed faces at one point. Something I never looked up as to why one would do that other than for a face to look the same as surrounding faces. Does it go deeper than that, I.e. does it affect how the model will behave during a particular function, add- on manipulation etc., etc.. Thanks for any explanation as to why and when I should reverse faces.

[anthonyroumieh]

THIS IS SO FUCKING HELPFULL!!!! thank you for your time, and respect!!!!

[ariefzulchannel]

Nice.. me too have problem like this. Thanks for trick. Sir i have one trouble again same thing about the geometry line.i have 2 object solid group and i join the geometry has gone and if i draw line the face can't close. Can you help me to fix it? Im so sorry my english very bad.