SketchUp - issue using 'base'model as component in other SketchUp files

[Jonathan_SOME]

@ateliernab

I have to say, in 17 years of sketchup on mac and PC, I think this is the first time I’ve read that this is the “recommended technique”. recommended by whom?

There are others who use this technique, but Nick Sonder will be one of the better known:

@Sonder

I’ve been pretty successful with having a master model of the project. I then have separate SU files for RCP, Sections, interior elevations. The main file has scenes for floor plans, roof plans and elevations (the basic set). The other files have the main file inserted as a component. No modeling occurs in those files…just section cuts and scenes. This really helps minimize the bulky effect multiple section planes and scenes create. The reference component is simply updated when you make changes to the master file.

Each file is a designated template so it is very quick from the start with all the tags and scenes preset with a proxy file that is simply replaced with the master file.