Selecting many identical objects at once is one of those SketchUp workflows that separates fast modelers from slow ones. Whether you are placing dozens of chairs in an office, repeating a window component across a facade, or cleaning up a model by swapping out one component type for another, knowing how to select all instances […]
Every group and component in SketchUp carries its own axis origin — separate from the global model axes — and that origin is the component’s insertion point: the exact point that snaps to your Move cursor when you place the component in a model. Resetting that axis is therefore not cosmetic; it decides where the […]
After you create dynamic component models, to CNC cut and build products you have to convert from components to groups — this component to group SketchUp conversion is a required step before exporting cut lists Convert Component to Group in SketchUp — Tutorial Video Steps by steps: To convert from component to group you have […]
When a SketchUp model has groups and components nested several layers deep, editing it means exploding one level at a time. SketchUp’s built-in Explode command only breaks open one level of nesting per click — if a group holds groups that hold components, you keep entering and exploding container after container by hand. The Explode […]
To change the material on many objects at once in SketchUp, use the Select by Color or Select by Material workflow instead of repainting each face one by one. How to Select by Color or Material in SketchUp — Tutorial Video Steps by steps: The slow way is to pick the material on each object […]
When you want to batch rename many objects with the same name inside a SketchUp group or component all at once, use a “rename selection” command to do it automatically instead of editing each name by hand in the Outliner. How to Batch Rename Objects in SketchUp Automatically — Tutorial Video Steps by steps : […]
Rotating a texture on a single face in SketchUp without disturbing neighboring surfaces is one of those tasks that looks simple but catches many users off guard. The built-in Position Texture tool — accessed by right-clicking any textured face and choosing Texture → Position — gives you complete control over rotation, scale, and position on […]
These dynamic component libraries ship with their authoring attributes personalized (renamed/obfuscated) for security, so the parametric behavior keeps working but the original editable labels no longer appear in the Component Attributes dialog. When you need to edit, study, or repurpose those parametric formulas, use the restore dynamic attributes tool to put the original attribute names […]
Attributes of dynamic component show their raw variable name by default in the Component Options window. For security, cleaner branding, or just a more user-friendly menu, use the override attribute labels tool to hide or rename what your end users see in Component Options. A useful detail most people miss: the override only changes the […]
Selecting edge loops of nested geometry inside groups or components in SketchUp is slow and fiddly, because the native Select tool has no command to grab edges by their state. This Select Edges (in Objects) tool speeds that up by letting you target edges by what they already are — hidden, softened, or smoothed — […]