GROUPS VS COMPONENTS in SketchUp - When to Use Each!

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In this video, we talk about groups and components inside of SketchUp and when to use each of them!
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One of the more common questions I get when talking about SketchUp is the difference between groups and components, and when to use each of them. The answer, at least for me, is fairly simple - I use components any time I'm going to have more than one copy of an object in my model! Groups are great for non-repeating objects that you want to keep from merging with other geometry. Components are linked together so that every "instance" of the component will change whenever one instance changes, making future changes easy!
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@Thesketchupessentials 4 года назад

Hi everyone! Do you have any guidelines for when you use groups and when you use components? Let me know in the comments below! :)

@germiedurandmoussitou5890 Год назад

Justin! you are the best! Thank you for the tutorials.

@kkimhd47 4 года назад

Hey Justin, I'm really impressed with your tutorials. I've returned to school to study landscape architecture after retiring as a computer aided drafter (water/wastewater engineering). Your instruction is succinct and spot on - just what I need to brush up on new software skills. Thank you!

@joeledezma-medina7541 2 года назад

The transition from Rhino to SketchUp has been smooth so far because of your tutorials. Thanks man!

@johnlawrence8000 4 года назад

Excellent tutorials. You explain every detail very clear. Love watching your videos, very self explanatory. Look forward to watching many more of your tutorials. Just a little bit of advice for anybody watching any tutorial in VLC Media player, if you find the tutorials are to fast to follow, you can always slow the video speed down a scale, sometimes this helps to follow complicated tutorials. Thank you for your great videos.

@video2350 3 года назад

Thanks Justin. Very easy to understand. I appreciate your videos about Sketchup and Blender.

@petekyle9178 2 года назад

Hi Justin. And just like that: I now have a solid understanding of when to use groups and when to use components! Many thanks.

@howard6798 4 года назад

I'm also a newbie--this was very helpful. Thanks, Justin!

@ambrehillier2713 3 года назад

Excellent. Really clearly explained a concept that I was struggling with.

@petersparklelarkel 4 года назад

Thanking you i needed to know the difference between groups and components.

@kayfremgen1701 3 года назад

Really good Short and Compact Thank you !

@bdycouver 3 года назад

Perfect. Explained exactly what I was interested in. Thanks...

@edilsoncorrea117 3 года назад

Very straightforward. Thank you!

@youtubechannel12371 3 года назад

Awesome video man, I appreciate you putting this together!

@Thesketchupessentials 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@ypure3859 7 месяцев назад

your youtubes are extremely useful. THANK YOU!!!!

@AngieWilliamsDesigns 10 месяцев назад

This was exactly the video i needed to answer my question. Thank you

@JDusala 2 года назад

I cant believe I have not been using components this whole time. Very helpful, thanks again!

@teofelusimene6496 2 года назад

Lol it's you and me, since 2016😂

@andrewm7366 3 года назад

Thank you very much. I am a small contractor and this was very helpful.

@rogerthomson8251 Год назад

Crystal clear! Thanks

@21thTek Год назад

Great explanation !! ✨✨

@lavaembers1533 8 месяцев назад

Very well presented tutorial. Just another subscription for you.

@dominicaha 6 месяцев назад

Nice & clear thanks!

@johnglover3515 2 года назад

Great content thanks mate. Easy to follow and really well communicated... love your work :)

@Thesketchupessentials 2 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@basicPROcreator 2 года назад

Thank you so much.. I really learned a lot from all your videos..

@cloudsrains8302 3 года назад

Really really helpful!! Thanks a lot!! 😇

@eurianceylon7638 4 года назад

Thanks a Mil.. I know this vid is a bit old already - It helped me a lot.

@saulhenrichs1799 3 года назад

Great vid man, thanks

@Arablelecrocket 4 года назад

great work and very straight forward

@Thesketchupessentials 4 года назад

Thank you!

@timguernsey8030 Год назад

Very good explanation

@PiannsKitchen 10 месяцев назад

Nice! Great explanation! Thanks!

@muhammadriaz3739 2 года назад

Now my concept clear thanks.

@melissalaird2006 2 года назад

I watched this video about 6 months ago when I first started learning sketchup and it didn't make a bit of sense to me..... now it makes total sense. I'm working on figuring out the best way to organize my work now and need help with whether to group groups together or turn multiple groups into a component. I need to take your course,,,, when are you putting it on sale again?

@scottjack5274 5 месяцев назад

VERY HELPFUL, THANK YOU

@angelinacabrera5576 Год назад

Seems simple enough, thanks!

@typicaldave9451 3 года назад

thankyou sir. Please keep up the good works

@paulcairns4859 Год назад

it is a great explanation of the differences and how to use both in a model

@Thesketchupessentials Год назад

Thanks!

@BuildDeets 3 года назад

Always informative...!

@Thesketchupessentials 3 года назад

Glad you think so!

@jamesperkinsmetalsculpture8303 4 года назад

Thanks for the Video...I have seen your other vids on this but I still get Confused sometimes...thanks for the Definition once again Justin!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 года назад

Glad it helped! :)

@PromotedGossiper 4 года назад

What key did you use on that light fixture to auto have symmetrical length when duplicating? 6:57

@Papi4l2 4 года назад

to me, i feel its easier just to make everything a component, and if i want something different, i just set that as unique

@geoffphil Год назад

Yes. I can't see why not just make all groups components, unless that produces too many components to manage.

@_Breakdown 3 года назад

Very helpful - - thanks Justin!

@Thesketchupessentials 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@EgdeFilms Год назад

Man, great video. Maybe do a video on general shortcut keys and other workflow related things. Working fast and smart.

@XDIY 4 года назад

Thanks for the guide.

@deemdoubleu 3 года назад

Very helpful, thanks.

@tor-bjornadelgren3517 4 года назад

Thanks Justin just what I asked for!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 года назад

Glad it helped :)

@jacoolckers6465 4 года назад

Thanks this was very helpful.

@Thesketchupessentials 4 года назад

Glad it helped!

@flittlefield 4 года назад

Excellent, I was wondering what the difference was for some time now. I am a newbie..

@CLCLTD 3 года назад

Hi Justin, is there a way of putting one of my most popular jobs in as a whole component and able to use it again on a new file to get my cut list or do i have to make a new one every time

@Zeeshan-jr6lw 4 года назад

Great Bro always keep smile God Blessing you

@jeffwood8432 3 года назад

I was trying the reverse order of operations. Component first, then group. That did not work out well for me. Thanks for the clarification.

@leemarylohman3852 3 года назад

Excellent. New subject. Have you ever considered creating a lesson for those of us using SketchUp on a Chromebook? More and more of us are. Chromebook users are often frustrated because the controls are located in different places (delete guidelines for example) and seem to respond differently.

@nathanielmclennan 3 года назад

Very good. Thank you.

@leemarylohman3852 3 года назад

Justin, I am not a full-time SketchUp user so your lessons are particularly valuable to educate me or refresh my memory. I'd like to compensate you on those occasions when I use your advice without becoming a Patreon (what a word) member. Is there some way I could do that?

@FraserandCoDesigns Год назад

Hey what was the shortcut keys you used on those lights to spread them out? I’ve seen the forward slash key used if placing a bunch of components between, but not extending out

@baukepoelsma1659 Год назад

yeah, someone please? haha

@MrExactamundo 3 года назад

Thanks, it was very useful!

@Thesketchupessentials 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@michaelmatthews2818 3 года назад

Thank you, very helpful.

@Thesketchupessentials 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@Kane0r 4 года назад

Hi Im finding your channel very useful as a beginner, but how do I merge 2 groups together? Thanks :D

@1994ramfan 3 года назад

Awesome! Came to learn about groups and components and left with making ninja star looking thing haha

@bsceacrafts-cspc761 3 года назад

what control key did u use in 04:39 after rotating the piece and turn a mirror on it?

@jerrybonbonifacio6970 3 года назад

Hi Iike your explaination about Group and components of the object

@Thesketchupessentials 3 года назад

Thanks!

@gregnelson5230 6 месяцев назад

This really helped me thanks! Is there a way to take something off of being a group or component after you already assigned it to an object?

@_Breakdown 3 года назад

Can groups be converted into components (i.e. say you have 4 identical groups... could they be converted into a component, so that if you adjust one component the other 3 would follow) ?

@renatamanuel 4 года назад

Thank you!

@vanyasimon 4 года назад

My favourite sketchup channel is growing baby

@Thesketchupessentials 4 года назад

😎

@chuisgood3678 3 года назад

nice tutorial

@alexwhite5724 11 месяцев назад

Can you do components of separate far away parts like interior walls for compound house projects? So when you change one house the rest of the houses change?

@ananthandoo5008 3 года назад

Hey, sir, do you also provide classes of sketchup pro for beginners to advanced.

@NH4Ukraine2 3 года назад

Great video. Thanks. I'm still a bit confused as to the difference between single, double and triple clicking on both groups and components. It gets me into a lot of trouble when I'm modeling. Do you have a reference video that details this? Thanks in advance.

@SWA2630 11 месяцев назад

single click select one geometric shape. Like a line or a face. Double click adds the edges to the selection. Triple click adds whatever is touching to the selection. So if you have a rail fence, clicking once would select the face of a rail. Double click would select the rail. Triple click would select the whole fence. Hope this helps.

@markhaber9427 4 года назад

Hi Justin; In your video, you made the 4 walls a group. How can I move or modify just one of the walls without my geometry sticking together ? Would I have to make each individual wall a component, or is there another trick that I haven't learned yet ? Thank you !

@HungPham-ki9wu Год назад

Make unique

@berish246810 3 года назад

Thank you, these videos are really a big help. Do you do any cad videos or just sketchup

@Thesketchupessentials 3 года назад

SketchUp, Blender, Rendering, and Fusion360. No CAD

@danielsv17 4 года назад

Thanks alot !!! I am really new to sketch up and last was making a simple box desing . Made out of lumner desings and I was making some of them conponets and some groups not even know what was for lol. And when I wanted to edit them and. Move theme it was whole mess thanks alot now I know what happened. I think i will just restart again. Or do you know how tonundo grups.? And or undo components?

@archwaldo 4 года назад

Just explode them

@danielsv17 4 года назад

@@archwaldo omg thank you so much..but Now i just got the new sketch up pro 2020. And now the components don't work 😥😥 what i mean is this i can make a simple rectangle make it component then push pull 1 feet up. Then make copies and then even selecting all them and remaking theme as components but still doesn't work when i push pull one of theme the others don't follow. Idk if the new sketch up pro turn that function off or i turn it off. But idk what's going on. But now i know how good making components is. And i can't use function 😱😱😢😢😢

@kurniawans6932 2 года назад

Thank you for this, I'm a newbie. Correct me if I'm wrong.. Is it true that I can only make component of a 2d object? because I make component of a cube, copy it, change the color, but the other cubes' color are not changed..

@ericoquendo2940 3 года назад

i just wanted to see how you create and save a component inside a model to continue using it. I'm trying to create a system scaffolding print and im trying to save my different size components in order to gain speed

@plantbasedprepper 28 дней назад

I already created my design with a lot of 2x4x9' boards the same length. Is there a way to convert all of them to a component instead or do I have to delete them all and start over?

@AhmadSapuan Год назад

thankyou dude

@MrJohnreggie 3 года назад

ok...hanks for the video ...but how to multiply those copy ..it is any short key ?

@derrickdouglass 2 года назад

Awesome.

@phknutson Год назад

I created a component with multiple small windows and set to cut face when added. When I add it to a face, it's not cutting the opening. Is this a feature that only cuts one window?

@blackrose5624 2 года назад

thank you

@aljonaltiche9180 3 года назад

how do you rotated and copied the object?

@hey_they_knowhey_they_know727 3 года назад

Thank u very much

@LION_SHADES 3 года назад

Geis you are doing great

@thecommenter5086 3 года назад

04:35 how did you do that?

@user-ip2ej1nv5b Год назад

Is there a way to create a permanent component library, so I can use the same built components in different files?

@neilsahgal4318 4 года назад

useful-thankyou

@Thesketchupessentials 4 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@ashish00138 4 года назад

Sir u r great with sketchup and vray......u have nice feeds.... I'm a beginner with vray and sketch.....i need your help in the case...when i apply the material texture on the roof. The texture is applied by attaching one map with its copies...i want the whole roof texture like uniform.....but in my case dark border repeated in my roof texture. I need it to be uniform for realism....CAN U HELP ME???

@Thesketchupessentials 4 года назад

Is that because your material is too small so it's tiling?

@ashish00138 4 года назад

@@Thesketchupessentials thanks sir....for reply!!!!

@sweethome3ddesign82 4 года назад

Hi Justin, it is informative video, thank you i appropriate if you can do more video on placemaker type plugin -- which is free or one time payment

@Thesketchupessentials 4 года назад

I don't understand the question - Placemaker is a paid extension

@sweethome3ddesign82 4 года назад

can we have similar kind of extension but one time payment- not yearly subscription base

@andrewthomas8352 4 года назад

Justin, question that I can't figure out. Not sure if you have ever brought sketchup into Revit before. Strange thing happens and I thought it had to do with a component axis being in the wrong location and thus shifted it when imported into Revit. But no, tjhe sketchup file has no components. Just groups. In this example, it is groups of storefront and railings that move relative to the grouped walls. Any thoughts? Thanks!

@Thesketchupessentials 4 года назад

Sorry - haven't brought SketchUp into Revit before - seems like the process has been made very difficult by some programming things

@andrewthomas8352 4 года назад

@@Thesketchupessentials Autodesk updated the import functionality with Revit 2020. You no longer have to save the Sketchup file down to version 8. I just can't figure out what was happening in this particular file. Thanks for the reply and keep up the good work.

@harrisgaming320 4 года назад

so what happens if its a group but then u need to change it to a component how do you go about that ??

@shelbythomas3504 3 года назад

Nice

@Ann_11 3 года назад

How to ungroup any part of the entity?

@JohnColgan. 4 года назад

Is it possible to undo group/component if created in error?

@margod51 4 года назад

Explode command :)

@scorpi8228 3 года назад

Finally found a solution for my sticky faces and figured out why sometimes replicated "Groups" were not changing when editing a group (it was never meant to be!)...

@user-ue5kr7xf7z 5 месяцев назад

thanks

@han7959 Год назад

I had to change from Revit to Sketchup because my company is using Su for constructing details. It is like that Components is equivalent of Family in Revit and Group is Generic Model in Revit.

@sonusood1434 3 месяца назад

Thanks

@Thesketchupessentials 3 месяца назад

Welcome!

@baukepoelsma1659 Год назад

Okay so when would you actually prefer using a group instead of a component? Cuz to me it sounds like components have all the benefits of a group and not the other way around? Even if i have just one copy of an object i might aswell make a component instead of a group right if it smooths out my workflow? To me groups sound useless.

@YaYa-rf6lb 4 года назад

Never been here so early :D

@Thesketchupessentials 4 года назад

Lol

@w.binder-freecadchannel 4 года назад

It is easy! 👍

@Thesketchupessentials 4 года назад

👍

@YaYa-rf6lb 4 года назад

Indeed!

@hadizamzami4017 4 года назад

Oh I see, thank you

@pspringer57 2 месяца назад

Hi Justin. Great videos, thanks you. I have questions. Can you group components together? Does this make sense? Can you make several groups into a component? And can you tell me how to know how many times to click to select a nested component or group for editing? One more - if you explode a group or component do all of the the sub-groups or sub-components remain intact or do they explode too? If you have one or more videos that cover this maybe you can just tell me what those are rather than answering in a comment. Thanks!

@Thesketchupessentials 2 месяца назад

Yes you can group them, and a group of objects can be made a component. I'd recommend just doing some testing and playing around with this concept so you get a better idea of how it all works - make some boxes and cylinders and give it a try!

@pspringer57 2 месяца назад

@@Thesketchupessentials Thank you Justin. Ive watched many of your videos since I posted that and have done some playing around. It's going to take a while longer to become comfortable with the tools, but it's amazing what can be done. I have watched quite a few videos while trying to get started with SketchUp - yours are the best. I am going through the SketchUp Free Tutorials playlist; many of the videos are probably not applicable to what I want to use SU for (woodworking) but are worth the time I think, just to get familiar with the tools. I see that there are a couple of tutorials for woodworkers and I will watch those, but I mostly need to get comfortable with the techniques; even after I complete a tutorial and later try to replicate it on my own I get stuck in unexpected places. If there is another playlist you recommend that I try next I'd appreciate your advice.