@gaieus said:

Hi Hans,

By "page", do you mean "model"?

You can import skp files as components from the File menu > Import (and here select the file type). You can also simply drag and drop skp files (and image files) from a Windows explorer window into your existing model.

Finally you could also add the location of your exported ("saved") components into your component browser and insert a component from there any time.

Thank you for the reply - these are separate models each saved as a different work piece under its own name to skp
I shall be trying your advise thank you again for the help.
Hans

Hello helper,
I have build 3 separate little houses each opening on their own page.

I have componetised these and saved eachas a .skp file stored in my documents. I would like to include these as components on other pages

How can I bring these into an existing page as a component please?

Thank you
Hans

@gaieus said:

Hi Hans,

Sorry for nit-picking but let it be mod us operandi... You know, I used to teach Latin...

Anyway. What is that "jumping" at #1? I cannot really think of anything but that you left "length snapping" on under Window > Model info > Untits...

Now as for #2, I do not even have a clue. Components in SU do have "insertion points" but other than a badly modelled face me component, they should not have any effect. Can you show us what exactly your problem is in a model or such?

(And sorry again: I did not mean to "lesson" you with those stupid Latin declinations)

Thank you for the assistance
Hans

Hi,
My modis operandi to deploy a component is as follows:-

windows>component> type requirement into search field click on selection which now deploys the selected component on my model.
I scale the component to the size required,
Questions please -

1. It jumps to some line - how do I get smooth movement of the component into selected place.
2. When I have saved the component in place of the workpiece/model and I now turn the model to work on another side - the component is not anchored and flies all over the place... can one anchor the components - if so please tell how.
   Thank you
   Hans

@gaieus said:

A template not only contains style, unit and other settings but also camera parameters (zoom factor). I usually make my own templates setting all these things then I draw a rectangle at about the size I normally start a model at (that's normally a building so a woodworker would draw something smaller).

I I press Shift+Z to zoom extents then delete the rectangle from the model and go to File > Save as template. If you leave the bottom left box checked (to use this new file as a template), the next time you start a new model, this is where you start.

This is, of course, only important if you indeed had some zooming problems (but I have seen this often)

This is the size of my set up - can this be the problem - see attchement

@gaieus said:

Hans, can you download things from the Warehouse via the web interface and then open them?

Or try to download a component into a completely empty model. Then use Zoom extents to see where it is.

A possibility is that you are modelling in some very large sizes and whatever you download and insert seems to be miniature compared to your zoom extent. Get the Tape measure tool to measure a supposedly know dimension (like a door or something).

Hello Gaieus
Thank you for the reply.
Yes i can download from the internet. Now that you mention it, yes it provides the Copy icon on my chart with a tiny dot - prhaps that is the model?
How can I reset my modelling size to enable the component to show?
I'll ry the empty model bit and see.
Thank you
Hans

Hi,

I have 2 questions please.

1. I download a component to my project. On completion of downloading it is nowhere to be seen, it seems to matter not if my request is a download directly onto the project or otherwise. Where or how can I find what I download please?
2. Can one download a component once only and somehow save it to reuse these in other projects or must one download the same components separately for each project?
   Thank you
   Hans

Thank you - changed the measurement field to read "Meters" and i am back to normal.
Hans

Hi,
I have asked this question before - but I cant find it again - was wondering if I deleted it by accident - I am a newby on this forum.
I have used SU for a while.Love the program and am now actually trying to use it for my work some.
Today when I wanted to do something in sketchup my measurement box in the bottom right, where I set my rectangle measurments has added a multiude of zeros... - how can I get this back to the way it was viz:-
3000.0m, 6000.0m
Please
Thank you
Hans