# Maybe my computer just isn’t up to it

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**Category:** Dynamic Components\
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**Created:** [April 12, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/maybe-my-computer-just-isn-t-up-to-it/121689 "2020-04-12T05:23:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/maybe-my-computer-just-isn-t-up-to-it/121689/2 "2020-04-12T07:40:48Z")

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Did you name the cabinet component the same as the filename?  
When you create components, they act as ‘little’ SketchUp model inside the main model and can be ‘saved as’ .skp files.

Options do appear in the main model, but if you edit a component, the options of the nested components show up.

If you opened the ‘saved as’ component file, it is like editing in the main model, you only see the ‘nested’ components.

Best to have a strategy when creating components:  
Preceed the name of the working file with ‘WF\_’, for instance,  
Create the component(s) inside the Working File and save the components by rightclickjng on them and choose ‘Save As’, or save as collection through the component panel’s blue detail button.

Check his thread, also:

> [@Sketchup 17 Components behave strangely - 4 bugs for the price of 1!](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-17-components-behave-strangely-4-bugs-for-the-price-of-1/67967/6):
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> I think the best way to accomplish that is to have a ‘working file’ which contains the DC with options set to prefered and then right click on the component and choose ‘Save as’ . You can then insert that component via the component panel. This is the prefered way of inserting components versus the copy-paste method which you showed on the vids. Check this pic: Which is from these articles: You might also make a ‘wrapper’ or container in the main model (another level in the Compon…

Edit: that artikel has a focus on placing models on the 3D Warehouse, but you can benefit from those rules and strategy’s and apply them to set up your own collection of components for use in your models and designs.

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