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