I am getting my first experience at using Sketchup. I downloaded it yesterday. I am having problems with components. I made a drawing of a window and made it a component. Now I can't locate it to install in another drawing. HELP!
Tom
If you save it as a .skp file you can later import it into other drawings. Also, here is a nice tutorial on using components that should show other ways to use/create them.
To "find it" you would have had to save it as a SKP drawing, in which case it would be located in your "my documents" folder under the name you gave it when you saved the file , or...you would have had to save it as a component and saved the component in the components file in C/ program files/ Google/ Sketchup7/ components
Otherwise...you might find the component in the .skp model file you had open when you created it by opening the component editor from within that file and selecting "in model"( the little house icon) If you haven't purged the file of unused components it will still be listed there.
Also, I'd suggest reading up on sketchup keyboard shorcuts. They make it much faster to work. For example:
g=make component
o= change camera view
space=select
etc..
Thanks for the info. I definately need to read more on sketchup. I have watched several of the short vedios in the program. They do move rather fast on some topics. I have learned a lot just by playing with it. Do you know if there are any training books on it?
Tom
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