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Components in Sketchup

Components in Sketchup. Components. Components are like groups but ... they offer more power Components can be re-used in other projects because they can be placed into a library We can keep our own libraries of components We can also use components in the Google 3D Warehouse.

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Components in Sketchup

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  1. Components in Sketchup

  2. Components • Components are like groups but ... • they offer more power • Components can be re-used in other projects • because they can be placed into a library • We can keep our own libraries of components • We can also use components in the Google 3D Warehouse

  3. Using components in Sketchup • Every new document contains a default component

  4. Using components in Sketchup • If we open the Components window, ...

  5. Using components in Sketchup • ... we see a list containing just the default component

  6. Making components in Sketchup • We have just drawn a new "thingaAMeBob

  7. Making components in Sketchup • If we use the select tool to select the entire "thingaAMeBob, ...

  8. Making components in Sketchup • ... and choose the Make Component tool, ...

  9. Making components in Sketchup • ... a new dialogue window pops up, where we can ...

  10. Making components in Sketchup • ... name our new component, which ...

  11. Making components in Sketchup • ... which is then added to the component collection for this document

  12. Making components in Sketchup • If we select the new component in the components window, ...

  13. Making components in Sketchup • ... clicking the Statistics tab tells us how much detail is in the new component

  14. Making components in Sketchup • This component has 13 faces and 30 edges

  15. Making a component library

  16. Component library • Create a new folder ...

  17. Component library • ... to serve as a component library

  18. Component library • A document which has two components

  19. Component library • If we tell Sketchup we want to create a new collection, ...

  20. Component library • ... it opens a dialogue window in which we can specify the folder we created earlier as the location of this new collection

  21. Component library • If we now save the components in the current model in this new collection, ...

  22. Component library • ... they are saved in the chosen folder as a set of .skp files

  23. Using components in our library • A new document

  24. Using components in our library • If we open the component window, ...

  25. Using components in our library • ... we see that our previously-stored component is available for re-use

  26. Using components in our library • If we drag our component into the new document, ...

  27. Using components in our library • ... we can re-use it

  28. Using the Google 3D Warehouse

  29. Google 3D warehouse • We are not restricted to re-using our own components • We can also import components from the Google 3D Warehouse

  30. Google 3D Warehouse • The components window provides a mechanism for searching the Google 3D Warehouse

  31. Google 3D Warehouse • If we enter the term car into the search box, ...

  32. Google 3D Warehouse • ... a search request is sent to the warehouse and...

  33. Google 3D Warehouse • ... a list of components is returned • If we click on a component in this list, ...

  34. Google 3D Warehouse • ... we get a page containing the component • If we click on the Download Model button, ...

  35. Google 3D Warehouse • ... we are asked if we want to load the component directly into our document • If we agree, ...

  36. Google 3D Warehouse • ... a download of the model starts

  37. Google 3D Warehouse • ... and the model hovers over our document until ...

  38. Google 3D Warehouse • ... until specify where to place it

  39. Google 3D Warehouse • If we orbit the document, we see that the component is 3D

  40. Google 3D Warehouse • If we look at the In Model collection, we see the component

  41. Google 3D Warehouse • Using the Save as a local collection tool, we can ...

  42. Google 3D Warehouse • ... save the components in this collection to our private library

  43. Google 3D Warehouse • If we look at the folder, we can see that the car has been added

  44. Google 3D Warehouse • If we look at the folder, we can see that the car has been added

  45. Exercise • Tackle Exercise 25

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