On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:29:51 -0500, Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:28:02 -0600, Swingman wrote:

On 1/15/2013 3:33 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:30:57 -0600, Swingman wrote:

~ When things you draw stick together ... solution: make sure you make
everything you draw either a "component" or "group" _before_ you draw
something else that touches it.
OK, now I gotta ask...

I've been using SU for some time and am reasonably proficient (30%
mark). What is the difference between a component and a group? ISTM
that they're two (different) ways of doing exactly the same thing.
When would I use one over the other?
Hard to beat this definition, so I'll post the link rather than trying
to paraphrase it:

http://www.sketchuptutorials.net/201...us-components/

Basically "Groups" are useful to logically group a single collection of
individual geometry, like assembling six faces into a box, a brick, etc.

A "Component" is appropriate when you want to reuse the exact same
component/collection of individual geometry, multiple times (studs,
beams, stiles, rails, etc.)
But then if you cut a stud, it cuts them all. ;-/ That's the way I
was using them, then found that I was "making separate" every one
anyway.
Do you mean "Make Unique"--that will allow you to change the properties
of only
a partticular instance of a component.

Yeah, that's the one. I'm sorta out of practice (my shop is still
packed).