# "Un-dynamicing" a dynamic component **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp\ **Created:** [October 11, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/un-dynamicing-a-dynamic-component/106054 "2019-10-11T22:22:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arisleme](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/arisleme/32/73131_2.png) [@arisleme](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/arisleme)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/un-dynamicing-a-dynamic-component/106054/1 "2019-10-11T22:22:28Z")
Hi all, Sometimes, you have a dynamic component with complex attributes and references that go down a few levels.(subgroups referencing mid-level groups which in turn reference the top level component’s attributes). If you try to explode such a component in order to change the subgroups manually, you often get unexpected results (subgroups trying to resize/copies flying to infinity/etc). Is there a way/plugin to erase a dynamic component’s attributes at all the levels and leave it at its current state without exploding the subgroups? ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/un-dynamicing-a-dynamic-component/106054/2 "2019-10-11T23:25:53Z")
Delete the component’s attributes in the Component Attributes panel. ![Screenshot%20-%2010_11_2019%20%2C%206_25_38%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/4/7/47b11ab0396e64e3eec583a76fab3d36fe162265.png) ---
**Author:** ![john\_drivenupthewall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@john\_drivenupthewall](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/john_drivenupthewall)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/un-dynamicing-a-dynamic-component/106054/3 "2019-10-11T23:36:43Z")
save a copy as version 6 and see if it’s what you expect… john ---
**Author:** ![arisleme](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/arisleme/32/73131_2.png) [@arisleme](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/arisleme)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/un-dynamicing-a-dynamic-component/106054/4 "2019-10-11T23:39:05Z")
@john_drivenupthewall Wow! Smart!!! Thanks!!! ---
**Author:** ![arisleme](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/arisleme/32/73131_2.png) [@arisleme](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/arisleme)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/un-dynamicing-a-dynamic-component/106054/5 "2019-10-11T23:44:43Z")
Yes that is the obvious way, but it becomes onerous ( 😉 ) if you have a lot of subgroups with their own attributes ---
**Author:** ![Geo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/geo/32/82_2.png) [@Geo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Geo)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/un-dynamicing-a-dynamic-component/106054/6 "2019-10-12T12:39:54Z")
> [@arisleme](#): > > Is there a way/plugin to erase a dynamic component’s attributes at all the levels and leave it at its current state without exploding the subgroups? **Eneroth De-DC-ify** Purges Dynamic Components of their dynamicness and turns them into nice regular components. [https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/eneroth-de-dc-ify](https://extensions.sketchup.com/en/content/eneroth-de-dc-ify) ---
**Author:** ![arisleme](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/arisleme/32/73131_2.png) [@arisleme](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/arisleme)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/un-dynamicing-a-dynamic-component/106054/7 "2019-10-12T12:42:08Z")
su-weeeeet! downloading already! this will be a very useful tool!