Component Basics - Square One

[@bearthompson6506]

OK, when you dragged components from the library, I said, "Whoa!!" out loud. I've just found these videos today and with the amount of time I'll be saving I'll be able to watch so many more videos! ;-) Thanks for another one!

[@Paul-mx2yj]

I’ve been watching your tutorials for a while. I find your information very helpful. I’m a former CAD user and find Sketch Up to be so much more satisfying

[@LewisKauffman]

Appreciate your lessons! Thanks for the tip about deleting the component completely from a model.

[@daviddickmeyer5231]

Thank Aaron. Looking forward to the next one with further info.

[@ScottRSmith-nu8dp]

Good recap of component basics. Looking forward to a deeper dive into component element in the next video.

[@stephenhull2203]

Aaron, This is great. If it doesn't already exist, it would be great to have a comparison video looking at Groups, Components, and Tags.

[@SvenK-CAD]

Best sketchup teacher...not 1 thumbs down says it all !

[@sparklu]

Excited for the next deeper dive!

[@keggyification]

Nice one Aaron, interested in what I'll learn from the more in depth component videos

[@CAMDEC1217]

Is it possible to undo a component? In other words you have a group of things you made as 1 component but you don't want it to be a component anymore. You actually want it to be just as it was before you made it a component. Don't want to delete it, just want to undo the component I made so all the pieces are still together as I built it but no longer a component. Hope this makes sense. I made a greenhouse sketch and after sketching the base design made it a component. I would like to undo that without losing my design?

[@SketchUp]

Right-click on the Component and Explode 💣

[@johnco001]

Nice t-shirt Aaron! Respect to Michael Scott;-)

[@ScreenCherry]

Please explain the difference between the Outliner and Tab, especially now that Tab can have the ability to create outlines. How would I apply each function?

[@rommelbatu46]

I have a model of a hope chest with several components, they are all similar and symmetrical. As I double-click around I realized that each component has its own origin but oriented differently from each other. Does this matter?

[@Camden04843]

Could we have more about the cut-out feature? .As a woodworker I am struggling with my dados. Thanks

[@alexanderannunziata9479]

How do you put it in your default library. I'd like to take whole rendering of other projects and drop them in others.

[@AVSMedical1]

Love the videos, you reference one on inferencing but I don’t see it?

[@edkubeck1366]

How do create a grab point so when you bring a component into your model you can properly place a component into your model. I see this as a good way to do windows or doors.

[@rossgebert9422]

Good one, Aaron, thanks.

[@gr8fullfred]

Ok here is my question. i understand how to create components that are within my existing model, but how can I make components visible and use able by other (the next) designs? Can I place them in a common library ? Thanks

[@SketchUp]

Yes! Right-click the Component and select Save As to save the Component as a separate .skp file on your computer.

[@phooesnax]

One of the powers of components is that they do not incrementally increase model size. If you had a thousand drums drawn it would be in the Mega byte range. Thousand of the same component would be in the kB range.

[@rafaelmendoza810]

exclente explicacion aaron

[@perkrog8310]

I miss something about saving components locally for use in other projects?

[@dkaamraaj]

Good update

[@lloydwensley2982]

Thanks aaron. Can you do a lesson on making a louvre plate

[@AaronMakingStuff]

Sure thing! ... what’s a Lourve Plate?

[@nicolasviel5641]

hey aaron! mi sketchup crashed? is it coming an update for a fix?

[@ArthurRainbow]

The "group" video referred is probably kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWHNeYewd5qfbtE&ab_channel=SketchUp . Beware that it's not in the "square one" play list (probably should be added)

[@ChinhNguyen-yb3cp]

Thank you!

[@ks-sm3rb]

🎉thx

[@2007rgallo]

thank you for that.