Log house - pushing door and window openings through multiple logs (components)

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I started drawing a log house made up of logs of four different lengths, see attached image and model. I made each of the four different log types a component. The problem now is that SketchUp will not allow me to push door and window openings through these components. I tried making each log a unique component, but that didn’t help. I can push an opening through the center of a log, but the opening cannot intersect the edges, so I cannot get an opening that spans over multiple logs.

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You could draw a large block to represent the volume of the opening and use Trim from the Solid Tools.
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Alternatively you could make the components that need to be cut unique and then edit them to make the opening.

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BTW, logs interlock at the corners so depending on the corner joint style, the logs in two adjacent walls are vertically shifted
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Brilliant! Many thanks.

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Then mine should probably not be called logs. They are simple rectangular gluelam beams.

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A detail you should know about: the native solid tools convert target components into groups following the operation. If you want to reuse them, you will need to make new components from them (Edit->Make Component, or equivalent on right-click context menu).

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Ok, thanks!