Comments on: Woodworking With SketchUp: Start at the End http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/woodworking-with-sketchup-start-at-the-end Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Fri, 24 May 2013 02:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bob Langhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/woodworking-with-sketchup-start-at-the-end/comment-page-1#comment-7653 Bob Lang Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:01:38 +0000 http://blogs.popularwoodworking.com/editorsblog/Woodworking+With+SketchUp+Start+At+The+End.aspx#comment-7653 Well Nick, that does work, but I think with a nested component like this you’re better off exploding than editing. Especially if you’re exploring an existing model. If you edit, you change the component every where it occurs, including the instance that is stored in the components window. There isn’t an easy way back from there. If you explode it to move the parts you still have a copy available in the components window. You can also select the pieces (as long as they are components this is easy) and redefine the nested component.

That’s how I do it anyway,

Bob Lang

]]> By: Nick Webbhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/woodworking-with-sketchup-start-at-the-end/comment-page-1#comment-7652 Nick Webb Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:19:05 +0000 http://blogs.popularwoodworking.com/editorsblog/Woodworking+With+SketchUp+Start+At+The+End.aspx#comment-7652 Rather than exploding components to get at their contents, I woudl suggest that you drill down by selecting "Edit Component" from the context menu. Double clicking the component has the same effect. That way the original model is unchanged.

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