My second project I made was my own house. I never used groups or components. But now I am trying to build a veranda and want to copy some woods (which I modelled myself) as I need many of them. Now I tried to double click or triple and only one some parts is getting blue highlighted or the whole pr…

More or less right. If you don’t use components or groups all your geometry is one great mass/mess. If you move one thing, it is connected to everything else and will distort if you try to move any of it. You MUST use groups or components (I much prefer components, as you can name them as you crea…

When I started using Sketchup about 15 years ago, it was a bit of a gimmick for me. I used it just to create the occasional 3D view of something, either for presentation purposes or to help explain something that was difficult to show in 2D. But most of my drawings were still in traditional 2D CAD…

Well, since the OP is on 2020.1, there is a much quicker way to deal with grouping: Use ‘Make Group’ before starting to draw something (a beam, a floor, a wall, a table etc.) Think things not lines. While right-clicking on a spot in the ‘empty space’ pops up the context menu, It is much easier to …

I was there in the mass mess of geometry a few weeks ago as a noob to sketchup. Groups and components are something i caught onto as a must know. Lifes more simple now knowing it. and thanks to all here for sharing your tips.

I think I finally understand why I should group things

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I think I finally understand why I should group things

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