# Cutting the glass **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp\ **Created:** [February 11, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cutting-the-glass/189573 "2022-02-11T10:40:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PremiersPas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e480ec/32.png) [@PremiersPas](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/PremiersPas)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cutting-the-glass/189573/1 "2022-02-11T10:40:16Z")
Hello, I try to cut the glasses going out of my pool’s roof but without success. The glasses and the roof are components I’ve made and after double selection I do not have the right click submenu “Solid” to cut off what I do not want anymore. ![Toit.Piscine](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/d/a/da2e9a7f4825bcae4fd1bb31f5cf477cbe2ea138.jpeg) Can anyone help me ? Many thanks in advance. 🙏 _Excuse my bad english, but I did not find the french page to ask my question._ ---
**Author:** ![tweenulzeven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@tweenulzeven](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/tweenulzeven)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cutting-the-glass/189573/2 "2022-02-11T10:48:45Z")
You can learn the fundamentals on: [https://learn.sketchup.com](https://learn.sketchup.com) SketchUp also has a YouTube channel with excellent tutorials. Search for solid tools… ---
**Author:** ![PremiersPas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e480ec/32.png) [@PremiersPas](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/PremiersPas)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cutting-the-glass/189573/3 "2022-02-11T10:58:14Z")
Thank you I do not find such menu… 😒 ---
**Author:** ![tweenulzeven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@tweenulzeven](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/tweenulzeven)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cutting-the-glass/189573/4 "2022-02-11T11:30:29Z")
> [@PremiersPas](#): > > I do not find such menu I meant search for solid tools on their YouTube channel… ---
**Author:** ![Box](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/box/32/235164_2.png) [@Box](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Box)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cutting-the-glass/189573/5 "2022-02-11T11:38:36Z")
If you attach your model someone can check it and give you some specific advise. ---
**Author:** ![PremiersPas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e480ec/32.png) [@PremiersPas](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/PremiersPas)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cutting-the-glass/189573/6 "2022-02-11T12:17:00Z")
Here it is [Piscine1.skp](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/hjvFHv5lfY6UUVe7lxuF8YJtwFL.skp) (743.7 KB) ---
**Author:** ![PremiersPas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e480ec/32.png) [@PremiersPas](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/PremiersPas)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cutting-the-glass/189573/7 "2022-02-11T12:23:29Z")
Tweenulzeven, I see, according to the tutorial I found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inwYs-Fs-mM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inwYs-Fs-mM) that the glasses are not considered as a solid ! 🙁 I must have made something wrong… keep searching… ---
**Author:** ![Wo3Dan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/wo3dan/32/7450_2.png) [@Wo3Dan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Wo3Dan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cutting-the-glass/189573/8 "2022-02-11T12:46:29Z")
> [@PremiersPas](#): > > I must have made something wrong… > keep searching… Unfortunately you have used (scaled) groups instead of a copied scaled component. But in each group is a short stray edge near the bottom that determines the larger bounding box… Delete it and the glass group will be a solid group. If they were instances of one component you would only have to do this (delete) operation once. ---
**Author:** ![tweenulzeven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@tweenulzeven](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/tweenulzeven)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cutting-the-glass/189573/9 "2022-02-11T12:49:18Z")
I just took a look at your file… problem 1: Some of the glass panels are indeed not solid. You can use an extension called Solid inspector2 to investigate them and some problems can be fixed automatically by this extension. Very handy to have! Problem 2: you made a group of all glass panel groups. This big group will never be solid because a solid can not contain nested groups or components. You could make all panels solid and after that explode all panels to make the big group a solid group witch you can then use with the solid tools. Better would be to explode the big group to leave the panels as solid groups witch you can use with solid tools… After solid tools you could regroup all panels in one big group. ---
**Author:** ![tweenulzeven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@tweenulzeven](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/tweenulzeven)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cutting-the-glass/189573/10 "2022-02-11T12:53:07Z")
As @Wo3Dan said, using components instead of groups has many benefits!! You should look into that. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/e/fee558e7931a61fb00b0532ead36303887f9cab7.jpeg "Groups vs Components Square one") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuC7YYAnDA8) ---
**Author:** ![Box](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/box/32/235164_2.png) [@Box](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Box)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cutting-the-glass/189573/11 "2022-02-11T12:53:37Z")
This is an animation of what the others have already mentioned. You should keep on top of reversed faces, you should only see white faces when looking in monochrome. ![GIF 11-02-2022 11-51-22 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/4/7/47f9500e3ccfc1458b29c9332809fad5aa8e8c25.gif) ---
**Author:** ![PremiersPas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e480ec/32.png) [@PremiersPas](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/PremiersPas)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/cutting-the-glass/189573/12 "2022-02-11T14:43:37Z")
Thank you very much all of you. It’s working I’m not sure I’ve absolutely understood everything but I know I still have to train more and more and continue to visit the turorials on the SketchUp channel 🫂