Follow these steps:
- Open the model into which you want to import a SketchUp file.
- Select File > Import.
- In the Open dialog box that appears, navigate to the SketchUp file.
- Select the SketchUp file, and click Open.
- Click in the drawing area to place the component in your model.
In other words, a face is defined by the edges that surround it, and those edges all have to be on the same, flat plane. Because you need at least three straight lines to make a closed shape, faces must have at least three sides. There's no limit to the number of sides a SketchUp face can have, though.
Simply select the component instances (in your modeling window) that you want to replace, and then right-click the component (in the Components dialog box) that you want to use instead. Choose Replace Selected from the context menu to perform the swap.
To edit all instances of a component, follow these steps:
- Open the context for the component you want to edit. In this example, that's the Picket component.
- Use the SketchUp drawing tools to edit your component.
- Click outside the component's context and save your work.
Sketchup Make (formerly SketchUp for Home and Personal Use), introduced in May 2013, is a free-of-charge version for home, personal and educational use. It begins with a 30-day trial of SketchUp Pro. After that time, users can agree to the Terms of Service and continue to use SketchUp Make for free.
LayOut is the tool for creating documentation from your SketchUp model. You start in SketchUp, draw your project and create scenes to show the different views. then you can send the file to LayOut, add dimensions, labels, other text, perhaps photos or whatever.
Go to the SketchUp menu (left of File), click on Preferences>Extensions. Click on the Install Extension button, navigate to the file, select it, click Open and then choose any positive answers at the prompts.
Another thing to note is that in SketchUp 2020, Layers have been renamed to tags. There has been confusion in the past because Layers in SketchUp don't really get used to organize your model like you would in an AutoCad or something else.
The dashed line often represents something that is in a temporary or transitional state. In this context, it is used as a placeholder, indicating there is more to come.
To see what's hidden, choose View→Hidden Geometry. To hide it again, just choose the same thing. To edit hidden edges, you have to make them visible.
To open the Layers panel, click its name in the panel tray or, if it's not on-screen, select Window > Layers.
To flip your geometry, follow these steps:
- With the Select tool ( ), select the geometry you want to flip.
- Context-click your selection and select Flip Along.
- In the submenu, select an axis.
