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Issue with model not loading in sketchup after surface matching

asked 2017-02-15 14:28:52 -0600

willyJohan's avatar

updated 2017-02-15 14:30:32 -0600

I am having an issue where when matching surfaces in Sketchup the below errors show up. The model renders more or less properly and the surfaces divide as expected, but when I save and re open the osm in Sketchup nothing shows up. I can see the different building elements in the inspector but I can not get them to show up.

  ERROR:
  NoMethodError
  undefined method `setVertices' for nil:NilClass
  BACKTRACE:
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/interfaces/PlanarSurface.rb:690:in `model_object_polygon='
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/interfaces/PlanarSurface.rb:1014:in `surface_polygon='
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/interfaces/PlanarSurface.rb:152:in `update_model_object'
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/interfaces/SubSurface.rb:263:in `update_model_object'
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/interfaces/SurfaceGroup.rb:86:in `block in update_child_model_objects'
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/interfaces/SurfaceGroup.rb:84:in `each'
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/interfaces/SurfaceGroup.rb:84:in `update_child_model_objects'
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/interfaces/SurfaceGroup.rb:75:in `update_model_object'
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/interfaces/Surface.rb:276:in `on_undelete_entity'
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/observers/SurfaceGroupEntitiesObserver.rb:161:in `block in onElementAdded'
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/PluginManager.rb:235:in `call'
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/PluginManager.rb:235:in `block in process_events'
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/PluginManager.rb:228:in `each'
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/PluginManager.rb:228:in `process_events'
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/PluginManager.rb:287:in `block in start_event_processing'
  SketchUp:1:in `call'
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  DrawingInterface.create_from_entity:  create_model_object failed
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  DrawingInterface.create_from_entity:  create_model_object failed
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  DrawingInterface.create_from_entity:  create_model_object failed
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  DrawingInterface.create_from_entity:  create_model_object failed
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  DrawingInterface.create_from_entity:  create_model_object failed
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  Entity.drawing_interface:  bad object reference
  Entity.drawing_interface:  bad object reference
  Entity.drawing_interface:  bad object reference
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  DrawingInterface.create_from_entity:  create_model_object failed
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  ERROR:
  NoMethodError
  undefined method `setVertices' for nil:NilClass
  BACKTRACE:
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/interfaces/PlanarSurface.rb:690:in `model_object_polygon='
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/interfaces/PlanarSurface.rb:1014:in `surface_polygon='
  C:/Program Files (x86)/openstudio-2.0.0/SketchUpPlugin/openstudio/sketchup_plugin/lib/interfaces ...
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Looks like you have orphan sub surfaces in your .osm model that aren't getting rendered. Try deleting these subsurfaces objects from the .osm file in a text editor, re-saving and re-opening. In SketchUp you can also select "Extensions->OpenStudio User Scripts->Alter or Add Model Elements->Remove Orphan Subsurfaces".

mdahlhausen's avatar mdahlhausen  ( 2017-02-15 15:26:10 -0600 )edit

Thanks, it appears that there are no orphaned subsurface (no sub surfaces at all in fact) in my model, pre or post intersected.

willyJohan's avatar willyJohan  ( 2017-02-15 16:10:14 -0600 )edit

Sounds like your model is corrupt. Try the Extensions > OpenStudio User Scripts > Reports > OSM Diagnostic Script and then open the <filename>_diagnostic.osm.

MatthewSteen's avatar MatthewSteen  ( 2017-02-15 18:05:08 -0600 )edit

@MatthewSteen the diagnostic script does not seem to work:

"Running OSM Diagnostic Script Error occurred while running user script: ... User script OSM Diagnostic Script completed with errors"

willyJohan's avatar willyJohan  ( 2017-02-15 18:35:21 -0600 )edit

just re built the model from scratch (again) and i get the same results

willyJohan's avatar willyJohan  ( 2017-02-15 19:59:14 -0600 )edit

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answered 2017-02-16 17:37:21 -0600

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updated 2017-02-16 17:40:16 -0600

Not exactly sure what was going on, but when I started form scratch on a different machine using 1.14, i was able to get the model to work as expected. Unfortunately because I changed machines, operating systems and OS version all at the same time the source of the error will be difficult to track down.

some possibly useful data points:

I can now open the model developed in 1.14 in 2.0

When I exported my broken 2.0 model to GBXML and then re-imported to 1.14 the issues persisted

When I rebuilt model form the DXF outlines in 1.14 it worked.

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Glad it is working now, if you hit an issue like this again we can try to figure out why.

David Goldwasser's avatar David Goldwasser  ( 2017-02-16 19:37:50 -0600 )edit

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