Component replacement

What is added?
The house is colored, a number of components added from the various standard libraries, such as two trees, a motorcycle, a mailbox, a door and a garage.
I have drawn stumps, of which I’ve made a component, and copied it around the garden.
By now you would be able to do this.

We have the option to replace a component that is used in our drawing by another component.
For example, suppose you have the window, it has been used countless times in the drawing, you are tired of it and want to replace it with another window.

 

The first requirement is that you have another component somewhere in any folder on your computer.

Right click the window component in the drawing, and select “Reload” in the drop-down menu.

You navigate to the folder where you saved the component.
You will find the library folders of SketchUp in the “Local drive C” – “Program Files” – “Google” – “Google SketchUp” – “Components” folder on your computer.
You select the component, and click the”Open” button .

All used components of this component will be changed at one time.

If you do not like the new component, it can always change back, just perform the same actions.

Upload Components

As I had told you in Lesson 38, components can be downloaded from the online library of Google.

We also have the option of adding home-made components to this library.

The only requirement for this is that you have a Google account and password.

Click on the “File” button in the menu bar, choose “3D Models” in the drop-down menu, and click “Share Model”.

When you use this for the first time you will see a window where you must agree to the terms of service with Google.
If this is not a problem, click the “I agree …” button at the bottom of the page.

This takes you to the second window in which you have to enter a title, description and some mandatory information.
Once you enter all the information, click the “Upload” button.

When Google has finished uploading, it shows you a window with your component plus the information you have entered.

From now on, anyone and everyone can download and use this component.

 

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