Thin walls or thick walls?

[Collie]

Hi All,

Probably a very simple answer to this asI've only just started using Sketchup, but here it goes anyway.

I've received a Sketchup model that is quite complex, lots of curved walls and odd curved roof. I'm trying to identify the rooms to import the geometry to VE2012 but I get a warning message telling me a list of things that could be wrong.

So I follow the steps, 'explode' model and 'intersect' the geometry. When I try to discover rooms next it finds 2500+ elements!
Still it wont import to VE. I'm wondering, as I'm not using Sketchup Pro, is it possible that the model is built in thick walls? if so, how do I determine if it is?

Cheers,

C

[PCully]

Have a look at the White Paper on our website for info on the SketchUp plug-in and modelling essentials (includes descriptions of Thin and Thick Walls)

http://www.iesve.com/corporate/media-ce ... _paper.pdf

Phil

[Collie]

Cheers Phil, this should give me a bit of direction on the issue

[ZapBran]

Forgive my rudeness...

I would just state on this board here that the thick walls are really NOT in any condition to use - try to stick to thin walls.

I'm not sure what the official word might be (bet there has to be some level of diplomacy and avoidance of admitting weakness ) but I've really struggled with thick walls in an admittedly short evaluation period (about 2 years ago right enough).

[PCully]

Hi,

Thick Walls has had some improvements in the past year so if you are not running the very latest then it might be worth revisiting it but I do agree as models get more complex then I would urge you to think about doing it as Thin Walls rather than Thick Walls.

Having said that if you can provide any specific examples of where things have gone wrong then please pass on to feedback@iesve.com so that we can feed these back into the development team and hopefully we can improve this tool further.

Phil

[ZapBran]

Thanks Phil - I'll check out the thick walls on the new 2012fp2 and see if the results are any better.

[PCully]

ok good, let us know if you think it's better and as always if there are problems you think could be improved on the software side then feel free to send on to feedback or post back here if you think I (or others) might be able to help you get around them

Phil