Hey, thanks for all the info. I am new to Sketchup and was overwhelmed at first, and still am in a lot of ways, but the skill builders really help. You do a really great job explaining your methodology with pros/cons and simple, understandable language. Please continue to make and update videos. Thanks
Awesome series of videos, Aaron. Thanks so much! I always come away with something of value; some little gem of knowledge to add to my small bank on Sketchup. It's a terrific piece of software.
I use Marvin in my projects if at all possible, and their dynamic components are awesome. Sometimes I have trouble getting the correct exterior trim on the window, but overall their components are fantastic. It is frustrating when you want to use a certain manufacturers' components and they haven't modeled them in .skp!
I tend to create my own dynamic components, especially for interacting with them. I find myself using the same components project after project. Keeping my own component library, drawn by me to the level of detail that I require, saves hours of modelling time especially in the conceptual stages. As a further note, of general interest perhaps, I noticed in the video that the window component you were using was labelled as a casement window. For viewers that don’t know, that is a double hung window.
Aaron, do you ever use the option in components where they can cut through the face/wall where you're placing them? Seems like that could be a time saver.
Hi, thanks for the vid. A very naive question, how do you move around the model without switching to the orbit tool? (sometimes you switched to it dirung the video, but not always) RegaRDS,
dynamic components is what I was missing in Sketchup when compared to my experience with ArchiCAD. I would like to know how to create your own dynamic component if there's none in the warehouse.
Hi, thank you very much for your tutorials. I have a problem. I am trying to use the Windows Builder plug-in and, for some reason, when I tried to open the hole, the windows did not cross the wall, staying on the face. Any ideas?
I'm not an expert, but possibilities jump to mind... Glue to horizontal face (and/or) at the component axes origin at what depth in the window frame. also whether Cut Opening option selected in the component. Good luck, let me know which worked
Thanks Aaron! I’d add that Fredoscale allows you to scale window groups without warping them, in most cases. A lot easier than building dynamic components. How’s base camp going?!?!?! I can’t wait to hear about the latest and greatest!
What a star! FredoScale is fab!!!! I was using the second method that Aaron showed here on components I have created. But I found it a bit time consuming to keep adjusting sizes to fit. FredoScale just does it it in a couple of clicks. Thanks for the info.
I'm looking at a way that i can get some size information from the window. Like what are the lengths of the profiles. What size is the glass. I haven't found any extension that gives me manufacturing information.
How to make your own profile window component that is responsive to different windows holes just like in this video you showed us ? Keeping the frame width despite of streching it ? Thanks in advance !
Sounds like you need to make a Dynamic Control window as Aaron described. Too complex to describe making one, look at other dynamic window components to see the controls associated with keeping fixed width and variable length when scaled/stretched.
It would be neat if the dynamic component “cut” the opening into the wall. However, when you have 2 wall planes 6” apart, it never seems to work. Then there’s a lot of messing around to try to figure out and draw the rough opening size using the component.
There is a Cut Opening option on creating components, I have got it to work through double wall planes, does your component exceed the thickness of the wall to cut the second plane? Does your component axis origin point allow the correct depth? Are you using Glue to vertical plane?
Thanks for sharing. Dynamic components seem to have great potential to save time. However IMHO, by the time you have mastered them, you would be better off designing an ordinary component from scratch. Dynamic components remind me of Microsoft Visio - a great concept but shadowy like an unexploded IED.
Depends on how much effort & detail you want to manually repeat every time you need to draw a window. The Dynamic sizing allows you to keep constant thickness for variable lengths when stretched/scaled. Comes under the heading "Work Smarter, Not Harder" !
Explode only breaks the outer group/component container back to individual items or subcomponents. It's on the right click context menu of any component/group
What I hate is when you drag a component in from the 3D Warehouse, and it insists on being sideways (and/or huge), so you have to click, rotate, scale, nudge, scale again, push... Ugh! Why can't doors and windows just "snap" to the surface you're trying to place them on?!? (P.S. Never knew 'dynamic components' existed until you showed me, so thx! Maybe I don't get this feature in the 'Free' version of SketchUp?)
