Model Components when several people work on same file
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We make large models in SketchUp which are assemblies of components which are each SketchUp models.
( A large loft apartment that has a Kitchen component, a main room component and a terrace component). We started breaking larger projects into multiple components so that several individuals could work simultaneously creating details and not trying to work in the same main file.
In making detailed construction plans, we keep running into the problem of coordinating changes made in the components and changes made in the master plan.
A change made in the component is fine as long as we save the changes and then reload the components when the main assemblage file is opened. And a change in a component made in the master file is ok if we re-save the file to the component file.
But where we have issue, is when the change made in the assemblage file moves a component in space and in relation to the file axis, any scene which is used to make a detail in the component file also is changed and has to be changed or is deleted when the changed component is saved back to the original file from the assemblage file. ( If the newly saved component is saved over the original file, then all the scenes are deleted and we have to start over making the scenes for details.)
These very fast track set designs and we have to start turning out details sometimes before we get finalized on all the assembled details. (and sometime the finished components have to be adjusted once we assemble them.)
Are there any suggestions for a better workflow and how to allow for editing in the main file and not destroying scenes when the changes are made during the detailing of the Model.Thanks for any suggestions.
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I'm not sure I understood you entirely correctly, but I think you're saying that when you move components in the master file, it messes with the scenes? The only reason I could think for this happening would be if you were moving the geometry and containers inside the component context, instead of the component itself. This could leave behind hidden details that will become visible in the wrong place next time you switch scenes.
If I were you, however, I wouldn't use scenes in the component files (unless of course, you need to present those components individually). If you use layers with consistent naming, you can then set up scenes in the master file very easily and have them encompass all components involved.
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http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=59961%26amp;p=559451
i never tried it myself, not sure if it is stable at this stage. But it looks very promising.
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Thanks that extension is very interesting.
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What I would do is make a master model that never gets edited. This file is only used for creating scenes and is comprized of the different components worked on by everyone. You then have one person in charge of making sure all the component references are updated in the master model. Ideally, you are dishing out the work based upon levels or areas of the building, so you are not dealing with 100's of components creating from 100's of different files.
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We have started a workflow like that and we only have 3 to 4 main components in the model But they have smaller units within them.
It may be matter of sequencing of the updates when we move to constuction details which break down the models into scenes.
Thanks
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