Outliner is best Sketchup secret. There is a little menu in the right hand side where we can find Outliner. If we don’t see it in the right hand side then we can click on Window . Under Window , click on the option default tray. Make sure to click the box of Outliner. That will show up the Outliner in the default tray on our right hand side.

1) Group and Components

Basically it is, anytime we have a model of group and components , they show up inside the Outliner. The default model in Sketchup , which is a component , “me and bonny one” shows up in the Outliner. For example, we create a box and we right click it and make it a group. You will notice as soon as we make it a group, it will show up inside the Outliner. And once it shows up in the Outliner, we can start making changes to it , adjusting it and making it to organize any model.

2) Nested objects

Outliner also shows nested objects. For example, we create two boxes of same size. Right click and we made it in a group. Once we have created this in group, there show up in separate under the Outliner. Now we can minimize and maximize them under outline or we can do any adjustments within the Outliner. This is a real great way to organize and also a quick way to axes things within your model. We can also rename the groups nested inside outline by just double clicking it.

3) Identifying the status of an object

Outliner uses the icons and text to identify any object as well as shows its status (open, locked, or hidden). Below this, a table shows how the icon and text change as the object’s status changes.

4) Restructuring a model’s hierarchy

If the model hierarchy needs to be changed then we can click and drag any item to a new position under Outliner. For example, if we want the sofa to be inside the 1st floor group, so that the hierarchy shows up where the sofa is located. This can be done by just dragging the sofa component to a desired location.

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In this article we will discuss about when to use groups and when yo use components.

Let’s go and jump into it!

I ask this question a lot when do I use group and when do I use components. And there is s fairly simple answer to this but I want to explain it to you by giving you a example when group and components can be important. So , basically my rule is any time there is a chance of copying something , I create a component otherwise I create things as a group.

Creating Unique Copies of a Component

1. Select the instances of the component that you’d like to make unique from the others
2. Right click and select the “Make Unique” option

Now if you edit these components, your unique components are linked to each other, and are no longer linked to the original component

For example one of the things we do a lot is when we extrude walls inside Sketchup , I would property create wall as a group. Group save time in not messing up geometry things together and avoiding sticking geometry parts together. One of the things about components is if you make changes is one component , the rest other component will also change. All the other parts are liked together.

However, in group , if I have to change one group, the other group will be unchanged. Components can be really useful if we have to repeat an object in model. In general rule , use components when you have to repeat things otherwise use group. Groups are good for separating non relating geometry from each other inside Sketchup and components are real good for multiple reaping incenses inside Sketchup.

Modeling with Groups

If I model all 4 table legs as copies of a group and I decide to change them, then I’ll have to go back and change all 4 of them

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