All language subtitles for 613241-14 - Groups and components - The definitive SKETCHUP course. From beginner to expert.en-US

Hello everybody.

In this class we will talk about

another important concept in

SketchUp as groups
and components.

So first of all, you can see on

the screen that we have a
rectangle and a circle.

We know that both
of them are based

on surfaces and
lines as concerns.

So let's just start
choosing e.g.

this circle and
moving it following

the red X for keeping that
cycle on the ground floor.

And eventually I will place
that cycle on the rectangle.

Both of them will be
occupying the same plane.

Here we are. And what
is going on here?

We have an intersection
between both sets.

So now we have an
independent surface here,

another one in the middle,

and the last one here,

the three of them
are independent,

so we can choose it and create
3D models from each one.

The same thing happens
with the lines.

All of them have been cut and
now are independent. Okay?

This is something that sometimes
will be helpful for us,

but other times could be very

annoying and we will not
want that to happen.

So the question here is,

how can avoid these to happen?

If I click Control set
for undo this movement,

and then I select the cycle and

I say right button make group.

Then you will see this box

around the figure,
which means that,

that geometry has been placed

inside a kind of
transparent box.

We have to think about
groups as boxes,

transparent boxes in
where our geometry is

protected to blue with

the rest of the geometry
in our drawing.

So now, once the
circle is selected,

I click M for
moving this entity.

One-click here, I
move the cycle along

the red X tilde the corner

exactly the same
as I did before.

Another click here.

Here we have the cycle placed

on the same plane
as the rectangle.

But now if I select the
selection tool and I

try to select those
surfaces and lines.

As you can see, the result

now is completely
different because

the cycle is protected and

then it is not blue
with a rectangle.

So I can move that charcoal

independently without the fear

about create

intersections between
the different geometry.

Our cycle is independent
inside that box

and our rectangle
remains untouched.

So this is the main purpose
about creating groups.

Furthermore, if we
wanted to apply

changes inside our groups,

we should go to the
group selected.

You will see how our box is
now made by a dotted line,

which means that we are already

inside the box,
inside the group.

So we can touch our
geometry and we can work

use while making
the transformation

or the changes that we want.

E.g. here I stood that cycle

in order to create a cylinder.

And then the box is adapting
to that new geometry.

If I wanted to go out from
this box, from this group,

then I would go to

the selection tool and I
click out of the group.

And here we are.

What about components?

Components is like a group
with more properties.

So our geometry will be
protected by a box as well.

But it will have,

as I said, more properties.

Let's create a polygon, e.g.

this hexagon.

I will click on the
surface right button river

faces because I want this
white side towards me.

We will talk about
this in another class,

and then I will
place this geometry

inside a component or
say it in another way.

I will transform this
geometry into a component.

For doing this, I will select
my geometry right button.

And instead of
saying make group,

we can say make components.

We have this option
here as well.

The main toolbar, which is

exactly the same Make Component.

Then we have this menu create

components in where we
can write a definition,

name, description, and we
have more different options.

We will see all of them in

a specific class
about components.

But now I will say just create.

Once the component is created,

you will see as it

happened with the
groups, this box around,

which will protect
our geometry from

intersections with other
geometries till now,

exactly the same as
with the groups.

So if I move this
element to this corner,

again, the rectangle
will keep untouched.

As it happens with our hexagon.

But we have here a
component and not a group.

And the main property
about components is that

if I copy any of
them, Let's do e.g.

three copies and I make
any change in any of them.

It doesn't have to be that
change in the original one.

Let's do a change, e.g.

in this second copy, I go in,

I select the surface,

I click for post and
pull, click unreleased.

And I create this 3D model.

As you can see already,

these changes inside
this component

is affecting the
rest of the copies.

So now I will click Space key,

one-click outside
of the components.

Here we are.

As you can imagine, the
use of components in

SketchUp is going to
be key for drawing,

let's say in an intelligent way.

Because many times we will find

modeller elements
and we will need

that our changes will be

applied not just
in that geometry,

but in all the elements
similar to them.

I'm talking about windows,

frames or doors or
bathrooms, PLRs, etc, etc.

So we will finish
the class here.

And in the next episode,

we will talk about another
important concept,

as it is the outliner
Default tray.

We will find that here.

And it will help
us to understand

better the structure
of our drawing.

And I'm talking about

these three elements that
we have seen already.

The first one would be simple
geometry or free geometry.

It is free because it is
not inside any box, e.g.

this rectangle we have here.

And other elements
would be groups.

And the third element
would be components.