Adjusting the Component/Group View The way users view a component or group instance can be adjusted in SketchUp. By adjusting the view settings of the components and groups, you will gain a better understanding of what it means to be working within a component or group instance. To help demonstrate this point, next to the previously made Cube components, create another component: using the Circle tool, draw a 10´-diameter circle on the ground. Next, using Push/Pull, add a 10´ volume to the circle, creating a cylinder. Select the entire cylinder, right-click and select Make Component. Name the component Cylinder Fig. 3-9: Create a Cylinder component adja(Fig. 3-9). Make two copies of the cylinder compocent to the cubes. Make the cylinder 10´ in nent and place them near the cubes (Fig. 3-10). diameter and 10´ tall. Next, select one of the Cube components, right-click, and select Edit Component—or just double-click on the component. Either method will place the view context into the component instance.
Fig. 3-10: Make two copies of the Cylinder component and place them near the Cube components.
As previously stated, the dashed line appears around the Cube component that is being edited. This indicates which version of the component is being worked on (Fig. 3-11). All the other Cube components are screened back, but they are more vivid or clear than the Cylinder components. When a component instance is entered, similar components won’t have as much contrast as the rest of the model, indicating which components are the same (Fig. 3-11).
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