SketchUp Skill Builder: Creating Patterns with Components - Part 1

You can have a lot of fun creating completely unique and repeatable patterns using components in SketchUp. Watch Part 2 here: • SketchUp Skill Builder...
Skill level: Beginner
Skill developed: Editing components and creating patterns
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[@mubbashirmumtaz5178]

O Man That's Lovely..you gave us another idea of SketchUp to make something more creative.

[@johannes914]

Great tutorial

[@kunalkundu1220]

wonderful , thanks

[@miguelgrados1617]

I don't use the pro version of this, and I am having a tough time using the eraser to erase the edges, and I need help. please help me

[@PurpleTieStudio]

Camo Hardie I am having a problem too; the eraser tool erases everything.

[@PurpleTieStudio]

***** Also, when I draw a line in center component, the line does not show up in the other components.

[@MrLaurensbro]

Camo Hardie Click "Edit component" first. Took me a while too :)

[@daverichard1909]

Thank you. A very important part that was skipped in thew narration.

[@jonathanwarner2420]

I think that all of you guys didnt do the basics part 1-4

[@rawtee8957]

Amazing
Thanks

[@NAAZARCH]

THE ERASER ERASES THE WHOLE SHAPE INSTEAD OF THE EDGES EVEN THOUGHT I HELD THE SHIFT KEY

[@iwcialol120]

You need to double-click on the element :) Had the same problem.

[@DarkMoonDroid]

I think I'm gonna have to go all M.C.Escher on this now.
8-)

[@peabrainisme]

I dont understand how changes in one square are being duplicated simultaneously on the other squares. I have a windows laptop, can someone please explain this, I watched the video 10 times! Cant figure it out :(

[@SketchUp]

+Aiman Hyder At 0:54 Tyson turns the square into a component by right clicking and selecting "Make Component." That's the key to having your changes repeated across component instances.

[@scottymitch1]

Tyson, a "rectangular square"!!!??? He he he.

[@Dave_Simmons]

All squares are rectangles, a square is a rectangle that has four equal sides. However, in common usage a rectangle is considered to be a figure that has two equal sides that are longer than the other two sides. The use of "rectangular square" is a bit redundant.