Animating Doors and Windows with DYNAMIC COMPONENTS in SketchUp!

In this video, learn how to use Dynamic Components in SketchUp to animate rotating and sliding doors!
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0:00 - Introduction
0:13 - Learn SketchUp in the SketchUp Essentials Course
0:48 - Setting up our door component (Grouping)
1:30 - Adding an action with the OnClick function
2:27 - Setting the rotation loctions using the object attributes
3:20 - Adjusting the object pivot point using the object axes
4:50 - Creating a sliding window with dynamic components in SketchUp
5:25 - Using OnClick and Animate to animate Z axis movement
8:20 - Animating sliding doors in SketchUp with dynamic components
9:34 - Other dynamic component tutorials

[@raulc.]

Thank you for this video. I'm going to use this not for doors, but for my other moving parts of my shop projects. It will remove lots of trial and error. Excellent video.

[@archverso]

this class showed me how important it would be if you could create a class teaching how to make a sliding door with configurable number of leaves. The same applies to a repeating floor or cladding, perhaps roof framing. already grateful

[@glennshaffer75]

I love dynamic components! Can you show me how you would do bi-fold doors?

[@leylajabrayilova1296]

Thank you!!!

[@fatchunk3678]

Clear as mud

[@SteelBodyGuitars]

thnx, but do you have a video how t animate folding doors?

[@OscarFernandez-bg8ot]

Is it possible, if you can make a short video on how to draw a 2d pivot door. a door that is not hinges on the hinges

[@Miles_vs_wheels]

Thanks for the knowledge and easy steps

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks for watching!

[@lukeellis5765]

Once I have created my item and all moving parts, how do I record it and make a video of them moving piece by piece? Thanks

[@jithintm6926]

Hi Justin, Is it possible to import CAD profiles of Aluminium extrusions into Fusion 360 or Sketch up to create a 3D presentation ? Many Thanks

[@JohnColgan.]

I've not done much SketchUp recently, last time I used animate functions to slide objects, there was a problem that it would randomly change to different positions along the chosen axis. Took a lot of trial & error & Google searches. But apparently there is (was) a problem if you chose metric in dynamic component , even if your project was defined in metric. If you switch to imperial, it functioned correctly. Is this still a SketchUp dynamic problem or is it fixed now since 2020 build?

[@karabgut]

what if I make propellar for drone motors which function do I have to set? Again animation like you did or another? I am newbie, if it's easy to do please be kind :) Have a nice day!

[@Casey6996]

Thank you Justin. I did try this for a long time and could not get the axes to work and i still don't know how it is working now.

[@alansaltiban1639]

being new to sketchup, great videos makes my work-flow so much easier! question, currently working on a project and can't figure out how to make a horseshoe shaped object into a wedge shape. pls help. i can message you if its easier that way. pls lmk TIA!!

[@doap-boisinisterakajoexbla7243]

This is Very cool

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you liked it!

[@chriscellemarquez8846]

Thanks sir

[@erinhocker1422]

If you have multiple instances of the same dynamic component, does sketchup HAVE to rename it to a unique name like if you use different options of the dynamic? for example, I made 1 door, put it in my model 10 times, and individually clicked on a couple doors to open them. So now I have components named Standard Door, Standard Door #1, Standard Door #2, etc... Its making my components in model list too confusing! can you make it so Sketchup doesn't make the components unique? technically, they're the same component

[@seraphinj]

Good afternoon how can i make a murphy bed in sketchup and how can you help me the animation in sketchup thank you Sir.

[@10004iomthon]

Thanks,

[@saudiboy5136]

how to put the base. i wanted my door shelve to swing upward, but the base in on the bottom not on top..

[@gp8482]

Do you need to do this if you want to animate the door in lumion as well?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

No, you'd animate that directly in Lumion - dynamic components wouldn't operate in Lumion

[@kiss4luna]

strange. i can't pull the surface once i set it to components. anything i may missed?

[@thecompetentman1]

Nice video. Now... how would one go about animating a roll-up garage door?

[@nathanielwilkerson6217]

That is going to be a bit more complicated.

[@QANA.Studio]

can this shown on scene?

[@salimnacer1662]

How to use this animation in lumion 11

[@kingsufi6164]

So sad... not working on my sketchup 2021 TT

[@Messi10billy]

Please make more indepth

[@njsanna9709]

I'm still trying to figure out how he made that door...

[@Vanderloo5]

I came here looking for how to flip the swing on a door downloaded from 3d warehouse

[@coxy9222]

This really helped with showing door opening on an alcove unit and wardrobe fir a client. What about how to make drawers open and close. Could you show a video on that to please 🙏

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Well it would just the be exact same thing with a drawer object, right?

[@coxy9222]

OK I'm new to sketchup. If I have any problems. Can I message you for some help. All your videos have helped so much. Thank you so much!

[@TravisKlein1]

this does not work, the last number doesn't even matter to sketchup it just always goes to the 0 on the axis even if you set the new origin to the component