Problems when adding materials

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Hi,
I started with creating the building. Made it a group.

  • created the front door. Made it a component.
  • created a window. Made it a component, copied it and placed it on the different facades.
  • created the patio door. Made it a component.
  • added material to the roof and facade

When I want to add material to the components (in particular windows) the facade is still visible in the background.

Which step(s) do I miss out? I sometimes get i done but its more trial and error without really knowing what I am doing.

Would appreciate a help in how to tackle my challenge.

Thanks!
Test bostad.skp (287.7 KB)

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I expect the problem comes from adding materials to group and component containers instead of to the faces inside those objects.

I see you added the file. I’ll look.

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You were too fast! Now its been added :slight_smile:

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So you did apply the materials to the faces, not the objects which is good.

The windows and door components you made are not set up to cut openings so you need to edit the wall group, draw in the outlines of the opening and delete the face where the opening is. It’s kind of like sheathing over the openings in the real walls and then cutting the sheathing away.

opening

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Great, thanks a lot!

What could I have done different when creating the windows/doors? Like how do I set them up to cut openings?
As much as I try I dont get it right in the first place.

It seems like I am missing out something very essential…

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When you create the component you need to give it gluing properties and select Cut Opening. Also set the component’s axes so the red and creen are at the back of the window.

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Then, in order for the window to cut and opening in the wall you need to place the window inside the wall group.

Here I’ve placed the window component I made into the wall group.
window

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Thanks, I really appreciate your help!
Test bostad.skp (354.0 KB)

I have created a new component (fönster test) with gluing properties and cut opening. But when I want to place it into the wall group it says (can’t place component here).
What did I miss (again)?

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The only thing you did of the three things I told you was to give the component the gluing property. You didn’t set the component’s axes correctly. The red and green determine the plane that gets glued to the face.

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You didn’t set the component to cut the opening, and you didn’t place the component inside the wall group.

Take a look at this. The component called Window is the one with the axes set correctly and the ability to cut an opening set. I’ve replaced the three windows in the end wall. You can do the rest.

Test bostad.skp (386.0 KB)

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You could benefit yourself by spending some time at The SketchUp Campus. This is a site that will provide the basics for learning the SketchUp modeling process. Also, spend some time at the SketchUp SketchUp YouTube site. It provides much information including how to use each tool.

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A method of creating the component to cut the opening

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Many thanks - that looks like a great approach!

I appreciate your help with that!

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Thanks a lot!

I appreciate your help!

I have done some of the campus courses but it is always different when I start drawing by myself. There are so many ways of doing thing, so many things to have in mind that I dont always remember everything…

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Practice, practice, practice.

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