# Name of Sketchup Materials (MAC and v2018) **URL:** \ **Category:** Pro\ **Tags:** materials, dynamiccomponents\ **Created:** [November 3, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/name-of-sketchup-materials-mac-and-v2018/80482 "2018-11-03T11:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![MikeWayzovski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/mikewayzovski/32/98346_2.png) [@MikeWayzovski](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/MikeWayzovski)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/name-of-sketchup-materials-mac-and-v2018/80482/4 "2018-11-04T09:07:05Z")
That is basic database: a father can have more sons, but a son can only have one father. If the father has several jobs for his sons to do, he would have to more specific, or wind up nothing being done… In SketchUp, it is all about ‘the context’ were you are ‘in’ . (Dynamic) Components are like little SketchUp files and when they are in the Model, they have a scope (one level up and one level down) If you want more ‘global’ attributes, you can make a ‘swatch’ component with some dummy geometry and apply attributes to this dummy. All components can then refer to the global swatch attributes of this dummy. > [@Attribute Scope](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/attribute-scope/53352/2): > > In general, the scope of a components attribute is three levels: one up, one down and the context level where it resides. Consider the model (drawing), level 0. Then, the deeper the nested components the higher the level of indention will be. There is a way. All nested components should have the same named attribute and a formula that refers to the parent (e.g. popvar=PARENT!popvar) That way, only the highest level components have to get the value from a ‘sibling’ and all the deeper levels wi… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/name-of-sketchup-materials-mac-and-v2018/80482)._