Thanks for the suggestions - I'll check out the ones I can do myself (I learn best that way)
And if I can't figure it out, I'll post a link to my very newbie-ish model!

THANKS!
Bruce

I'm new to Sketchup (but not to CADD), and am having some trouble getting doors and windows to properly cut into walls.
I've built my floorplan, extruded my walls, and then try to add in some doors and/or windows from the Google DC collection.
They seem to sort of work. But they don't always cut thru my walls. If I select one of them and do "Intersect with Model", they kind of work. But more often than not, I get a bunch of extra line segments strewn about the opening. I've tried cutting the holes for the doors and windows first, then inserting the component and scaling. But that doesn't seem to buy me much, eventually I end up with those extra line things, anyway...

Are there some better components to use, or am i just doing something wrong?
Sometimes the Intersect seems to blow the component into separate parts, sometimes it just hoses up a whole wall or area...

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Bruce