Double clicking on a component will allow you to edit it. See if the stud inside is another component or group - you can further edit these nested components, too. Once within its context, the geometry there "behaves" just like any geometry; you can make changes, add, delete geometry etc.

@rhankc said:

Make unique will work when more than one instance of the component is in the file open on your screen.
The path to the component library on a pc is:C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Components
right click the component on the component menu, select save as
You can modify the right click save as selection to path straight to the component file
Window (top of the screen), Preferences, Files, Components, There you set the path where you wish to keep them. you will have to save that path to your template and then the all the projects open under that template will 'save as' to that location.
HTH

rhankc- Thanks for the reply.
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