Hi all, I am creating this topic to discuss about the best practices. Please feel free to pitch in your thoughts and your methods. Just to be clear, I know the difference in two. Let me just list few: Components - copied entity will reflect geometric changes made in one Components - Added to “…

I’m one of those who use only components. I do so because I can leverage the benefits they have over groups. My primary application for SketchUp is drawing woodworking projects for proposals and construction plans. Even if there’s only one of something in the model, such as a table top or chair seat…

[image] josephkim626: Groups - adds more geometric/polygon data to the model. Thus, increase file size Please, someone correct me if I am wrong: I believe that modern versions of SketchUp use the same ComponentDefinition object to hold the geometry data for a Group as for a Component. When …

[image] slbaumgartner: SketchUp secretly does the equivalent of Component’s “make unique” as soon as you edit a Group that has multiple copies. I think it’s worth clarifying that this is done, as soon as you ‘open’ a group even if no ‘editing’ is carried out… click to see my laymen’s take on…

I should have mention that my workflow is a bit unique as I work in a collaborative setting where different people may open a single file and work on it. Although I will be the main person maintaining the file. Its quite difficult to use other people’s work as they all have different methods (or no …

[image] josephkim626: Just curious - if you do exploded construction details and opened position of the doors, how do you work around quntifying the data? because, if I understand correctly, you would be creating two instances? (i always had this dilemma) I use the CutList plugin to create ma…

[image] josephkim626: ust curious - if you do exploded construction details and opened position of the doors, how do you work around quntifying the data? because, if I understand correctly, you would be creating two instances? (i always had this dilemma) Speaking for myself, quantifying the d…

yes, i did try using cutlist as well. I remember i can either do the listing out of visible geometry or the selection. I suppose you can do Judicious use of scenes and layers. I like that. though it can be a bit of trouble if you are working with multiple people with different proficiency.

It is sometimes easier to just do it yourself, isn’t it? :smiley: Just as an example, here’s what a typical model for a plan looks like in SketchUp. [Lowboy] Actually, this is a pretty simple one compared to some. There are 20 layers and 21 scenes for this one although some scenes get used more …

Thanks for sharing! I would like to share mine as well, but it often ties with confidentiality. Here is one I can share. :smiley: [image] as you can see, its often difficult to have as much regularity as you have.

I work in the architectural field and use both groups and components: Groups I use like I would use layers in other CAD programs: I can colour everything in the group with one click I can hide/show various elements I can group and nest groups of similar elements to organise things making a group …

Group VS component

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john_drivenupthewall September 28, 2015, 7:27pm 4

I think it’s worth clarifying that this is done, as soon as you ‘open’ a group even if no ‘editing’ is carried out…

click to see my laymen’s take on file size effects in another thread…

john

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