Adding or subtracting from a component

arvmehta · 16 Mar 2008, 12:20

In Autocad one can easily add and remove entities from a block with the refedit command . Is there a way to do the same in Sketchup ? At the moment I copyclip what I need before editing and paste . To remove I just erase but that way I lose the geometry .So another copyclip ....
Does the job but a bit clumsy .

Jean Lemire · 16 Mar 2008, 14:18

Hi Arvmehta, hi folks.

Double click the component to enter Component Edit Mode (CEM) or right click and choose "Edit Component" in the contextual menu. When in CEM, use SketchUp (SU) tools as you would on any geometry. Click outside the component bounding box to exit CEM. This also applies to groups.

Just ideas.

arvmehta · 16 Mar 2008, 19:24

Thanks Jean but I think I didn't make myself clear . I know how to edit components. What the refedit function gives in autocad is the ability to choose geometry outside of the block (when you are inside it ) and make it a part of the block and to choose geometry inside the block and take it out of the block , not delete it . My question was if something similar can be/has been implemented in Sketchup .

remus · 16 Mar 2008, 19:32

As far as i know theres no direct way of doing this, although as a workaround, if you explode a component or group, all the entities within it will be selected, this makes it easy to add anythign to the selection, or deselect anything, and then turn it into a group/component again.

watkins · 16 Mar 2008, 19:47

Possibly one way to do this would be to go into Component Edit Mode (CEM), select the geometry you want to keep, save it to the clip board and then exit CEM. Before doing anything else, go to Edit>Paste in Place. The part saved will appear and will be external to the component. You can then move it away from the component using the move tool.

Does this help?

Regards,
Bob

arvmehta · 16 Mar 2008, 21:29

@watkins said:

Possibly one way to do this would be to go into Component Edit Mode (CEM), select the geometry you want to keep, save it to the clip board and then exit CEM. Before doing anything else, go to Edit>Paste in Place. The part saved will appear and will be external to the component. You can then move it away from the component using the move tool.

Does this help?

Regards,
Bob

That is what I have been doing . So I guess I will continue doing the same . Thanks .

Gaieus · 17 Mar 2008, 08:01

You can also use the Outliner dialogue to easily arrange the definitions and nested components/groups in your model. True that you need to keep everything well organised for that.