Sorting Components

Hello,

I am currently working on optimizing and organizing the components and models used at the company i work at.

Specifically, I need help with renaming and categorizing these components effectively. At the moment, I have a document approximately 100 MB in size, containing numerous low-poly furniture models. Many of these items have unconventional or unclear names that require sorting and standardization.

My main question is: is there a feature, plugin or tool available that allows me to display all components along with their names and images to streamline the renaming and organization process?

Best regards,
Johannes K

You could start with the outliner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJv46OJA3EI

Beyond this, there might be some tools in 5D+ Auto Tag that might be helpful - https://youtu.be/18ZSt75Wgl0

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I think this would be easyer outside of SketchUp. There are programs that can do this, and you can even do it in File explorer…

https://www.google.com/search?q=batch+rename+files+windows+11&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=1a34dd488410b717&sxsrf=ADLYWIKeF9ovVR-10ICVXqfJbgIymCQMYA%3A1734107850474&ei=ymJcZ_-0HJaD9u8Po_D0gAs&ved=0ahUKEwj_wbeTl6WKAxWWgf0HHSM4HbAQ4dUDCBA&oq=batch+rename+files+windows+11&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiHWJhdGNoIHJlbmFtZSBmaWxlcyB3aW5kb3dzIDExSABQAFgAcAB4AZABAJgBAKABAKoBALgBDMgBAJgCAKACAJgDAJIHAKAHAA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Edit: This ofcourse doesn’t work when you don’t know exactly what kind of model belongs to the old name…

I would gladly buy a dictionary of furniture and woodworking parts, if one exists. It’s a language of its own and not only in English. I know one woodworker who contributes to Fine Woodworking Magazine once mentioned that he was working on such a dictionary. His last name is Miller, but I haven’t heard of it being published.

Where is @DaveR when you need him?:joy:

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That approach would work well if there were no need to distinguish between items. However, the current naming convention is highly disorganized…

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I’m unable to share the one I’m currently working on, but I recommend you trying the 5D+ library. It offers a wide range of quality furniture models and can also be used to organize the models you already have.

Thank you for your response. I have already considered using the 5D+ Auto Tag feature, but I feel it might require just as much effort as doing the work manually—though I could be mistaken.

I was not familiar with the Outliner, but it might like be useful.

I will definitely explore both options to determine if they can help streamline the process.

Hello,

I used PowerToys to add the company name to all the components, and it worked wonderfully. However, I’ve encountered a new issue.

Do you know if it’s possible to replace the old components folder with the new one containing the updated names? If this is achievable, I could go on my Christmas leave without any concerns.

Within SketchUp you mean?
Go to Window, preferences. There you can change the default components folder…

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