# Sketchup 17 Components behave strangely - 4 bugs for the price of 1!

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**Category:** Dynamic Components\
**Tags:** bug, components\
**Created:** [May 7, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-17-components-behave-strangely-4-bugs-for-the-price-of-1/67967 "2018-05-07T06:09:07Z")\
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**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:** [May 8, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-17-components-behave-strangely-4-bugs-for-the-price-of-1/67967/6 "2018-05-08T17:32:55Z")

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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:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/c/8/c8cb75a01f068000456e5443346ddd7e7ec0a4fb.jpeg)  
Which is from these articles:  
[https://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000313](https://help.sketchup.com/en/article/3000313)

You might also make a ‘wrapper’ or container in the main model (another level in the Component hiarchy) in which that component is replaced by the new made component. (When editing the ‘master’, delete the old one, insert the new)

> [@Using simplified DCs in your workflow](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/using-simplified-dcs-in-your-workflow/62809):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Changing lengths of sub Components that has 45 degree cuts on the ends](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/changing-lengths-of-sub-components-that-has-45-degree-cuts-on-the-ends/62426/11): @MikeWayzovski Hi, another concept you may consider, if you add an intermediate component (level) which acts not just as a convenient container for outershell, exploding …to simplfy the DC, but it can retain attribute(s) that pass the current size A simple DC can be swapped not only with the original but any DC, where a size attribute like “LenY”…(or a common attribute) is passed, so your I…

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