Managing Layers with 'Connected' Components

[Dracman]

Community Question #001.skp (356.5 KB)

I am comparing partition wall layouts. I use Ctrl-Push-Pull to raise each partition after drawing its outline on the floor.

When I toggle ‘New…Walls’ Off, the curved feature wall leaves a void in the external wall because they shared an edge at the base.

Sketchup generates warning messages about connections to hidden layers if I try to ‘repair’ the hole.

I could leave a 1mm gap between the external wall and each new partition as I did with the wardrobes, but this takes longer.

Is there any other way round this, please?

[john_drivenupthewall]

leave all geometry on Layer0…

select desired geometry >> make group/comp >> new layer…

groups don’t interfere with loose geometry…

john

[MikeWayzovski]

https://player.vimeo.com/video/120516553?wmode=opaque&api=1&player_id=mediafront_video_tutorials_1-player&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&loop=false

[Dracman]

Hi Mike - I have viewed this tutorial many times. It doesn’t address my question regarding shared faces/edges generated during Push-Pull. Have I missed something?

[slbaumgartner]

Select a face and its edges that you want to pushpull and make it a component before you start the pushpull. Then open the component for edit and do the pushpull. That will isolate it from neighboring edges and faces - though you may see some stray lines on faces if adjacent faces caused the original edges to be split. You can just erase those strays.

[Dracman]

Excellent, thank you. Did not know Push-pull could be used on components. Maybe someone will add this nugget to Sketchup 101.

[DaveR]

@Dracman

Did not know Push-pull could be used on components.

Push/Pull can’t be used on components. You need to open the component for editing and use Push/Pull on a face inside the component. this was indicated by

@slbaumgartner

Then open the component for edit and do the pushpull.

@Dracman

Maybe someone will add this nugget to Sketchup 101.

Probably not.

[Dracman]

Thanks Dave - I did it right but wrote it wrong. For any kind of drawing with multiple layers and components this tactic is crucial, but I never saw it described before. Push-Pull should have its own Wikipedia page or website.