Hi there, first time poster and relatively new to sketchup. I am trying to work on models of square cases with various complexities and details to them.
I often run into the issue of having a general, cookie cutter, base model that can literally be copy and pasted to scale up or down to various sizes.
The problem is keeping the width of the case walls at a consistent width.
To illustrate my problem, I’ve added a sample mock-up + images. Here I have a 3’x3’ red square with a 5 sided glass case around it. The glass wall thickness is 1/4”. If I group the case or select all walls and scale it up or down (up to 4’x4’ or down 2’x2’) the 1/4” thickness of the blue glass walls scales up or down with it.
Any advice how I can quicken my workflow to scale the glass without compromising / changing the 1/4” thickness — and not have to change the dimensions individually (which is very time consuming)?
That’s what I use quite a lot. Of course, if all the raw geometry is at the same context level, you don’t even need a plugin. Just enter that group context, do a selection like that and use the move tool. Stretch by Area has been a godsend for nested groups and selections of raw geometry inside multiple groups.
