My components are forgetting their names in sketchup pro 2017

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1

I was hoping to get some help with my components library. My components were created in sketchup pro 2016 64 bit and worked perfectly. In version 2017 when I import them from my library into a new model the child components seem to forget their names…they appear to randomly take on the names of a previously imported component.

For example I have two components
The first component is:
CABA
with child components
STRETCHERA
BOTTOMA
SIDEA

The second component is:
CABZ
with child components
STRETCHERZ
BOTTOMZ
SIDEZ

IF I import CABA and then import CABZ, CABZ could look like the following in the Outliner:
CABZ
STRETCHERA
BOTTOMZ
SIDEZ

Notice that CABZ’s child component is now STRETCHERA instead of STRETCHERZ.

The first component always imports correctly.
If I purge and import CABZ first then import CABA, CABA is affected.
Also it appears to only affect the child components…but not all of them.
I have reinstalled 2017 and restarted my computer to no avail.

Thank you for any input.
This is in windows10 pro

2

This is just something to try. Open each individual component and check the name in Model Info > File dialog. Make sure they are all different from one another, and correct any duplicates.

3

I did that with a couple of them and it made no difference. Also, I temporarily reinstalled sketchup pro 2016 and the same thing is happening now.

I am at a loss.

4

Are STRETCHERA and STRETCHERZ otherwise identical?

5

Yes, they appear to be identical.

I think I figured out what I have done. But I don’t understand why it used to work.
I will try to explain with an example

I made a component called
CABA
with child component
STRETCHERA

I saved that component with the name CABA
then I did CTRL+MOVE to make a copy.

I deleted CABA
and renamed the copy CABZ
and the child STRETCHERZ
and saved this component as CABZ

Unfortunately through this process I failed to make CABZ and STRETCHERZ unique.

So now if I import CABA and then CABZ it seems that CABZ will inherit CABA’s children.

I have a done couple of tests and this seems to be the case.
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