Hi

Been playing around for hours and thought I was getting somewhere, alas I have made mistakes.

The problem (for me) seems to be that the objects I make, when I try to put them next to each other (connecting/touching) is that it's possible to go too far, and one object sits partially inside the other. I've used the move tool with a lot of success but have struggled on other occasions. Now near completing my model I find that some pieces are infact intruding one another, meaning my measurements are off

Is it possible to specify that components are 'hard' and can't be 'intruded into'.

Thanks in advance

The worktop and backboard are already in place in my van

The idea was to make cabinets, but make every panel/ piece an individual component to be able to extract to a cutting guide later on.

I'm going to study the video and probably start again.

Thanks for the help.

As you can see it's now a bit of a mess!!!

component 3, current worktop and currentworktop

are all essentially the same.

I loaded currentworktop.
edit component, adjusted, saved as component

When I then added sidepanel (top left of model) it STILL added it into the 'currentworktop' component as opposed to a separate component.

Kitchen upper new2.skp

I am looking at the "in model" folder

I've tried all the others too!

Not sure how to upload the file here. Can I have step by step instructions please?.

BUT I think I have found part of the problem, not 100% sure how I got here.....

I built a model, lots of faces, made from separate parts.
I saved the model as a component
I wanted to edit model so I selected edit model ( I think here, I forgot to save the modified component)
NOW it seems when I select / make a new component it doesn't make a new component, but modifies the original model, adding the new component.

I think I have to delete the new parts, then save the modified original model, then start adding parts again.

Hi All
Sketch up pro trail version Macbook pro

Newbie here. Been using the program for the last 24 hours and thought I was getting the hang of it!!

Yesterday I was able to EG make a square, give it some depth and colour, triple click to highlight it, save as a component, et voila, it would appear in my components window and I could drag as many as I wanted into the program.

But something's gone amis, it still saves the component but it's not in my component window or anywhere else (that I can find).

I've tried google for answers (thats what brought me here!) but can't find any help.