Making groups in Sketchup. New document in Sketchup

Making groups in Sketchup

Making groups in Sketchup

• New document in Sketchup

Making groups in Sketchup

• Two-roomed house in Sketchup

Making groups in Sketchup

• Use the select tool to select everything

Making groups in Sketchup

• Everything has been selected

Making groups in Sketchup• Use the Make Group tool

Making groups in Sketchup• The two-roomed house is now a group

Making groups in Sketchup• We can copy a group as a whole and ...

Making groups in Sketchup• ... and use the paste tool to

Making groups in Sketchup• ... paste a group as a whole, and ...

Making groups in Sketchup• ... use the paste tool again ...

Making groups in Sketchup• ... to paste the group again ...

Groups of groups

Making groups in Sketchup• If we select use the select tool to ...

Making groups in Sketchup• ... to select all the instances of the group, we can ...

Making groups in Sketchup• ... we can incorporate them all into ...

Making groups in Sketchup• ... into a higher-level group

Making groups in Sketchup• We can then copy this higher-level group, and ...

Making groups in Sketchup• and use the paste tool to ...

Making groups in Sketchup• ... to make another instance of the higher-level group and ...

Making groups in Sketchup• ... and make yet another instance

Making groups in Sketchup• If we use to select tool to ...

Making groups in Sketchup• ... select all instances of this higher-level group, ...

Making groups in Sketchup• ... we can make them all into a

Making groups in Sketchup• ... yet higher-level group

Making groups in Sketchup• We can then use the copy tool and ...

Making groups in Sketchup• ... the paste tool to

Making groups in Sketchup• ... make yet another instance

Decomposing groups

Decomposing groups in Sketchup• A group of groups of groups

Decomposing groups in Sketchup• Holding down the ctrl key when selecting a group produces a menu• Use the Explode option to ...

Decomposing groups in Sketchup• ... to decompose the group into its constituent members

Decomposing groups in Sketchup• If we use the select tool to choose one constituent member, ...

Decomposing groups in Sketchup• ... we could delete the selected constituent member and ...

Decomposing groups in Sketchup• ... and select the remaining constituent members and ...

Decomposing groups in Sketchup• ... and use the Make Group tool to ...

Decomposing groups in Sketchup• ... to make a new group from them

Exercise

• Tackle Exercise 24