SketchUp Pro: Dynamic Components

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About this Course

Learn how to use and create dynamic components in SketchUp Pro: from fences that automatically add pickets as you scale to cabinets with animated drawers.
SketchUp dynamic components are reusable design elements with special attributes: parametric functions, interactivity, animation, and more. Creating your own dynamic components allows you to build a library of custom designs and easily share them with others.

This training course shows how to use SketchUp Pro to build dynamic components from scratch. Expert starts by reviewing the premade dynamic components found in the Components panel and 3D Warehouse.

Then expert explores the build process: adding attributes, creating formulas, nesting component parts, and assigning materials. Expert even shows how to add a dialog box to change attribute values from a user-friendly interface. The last half of the course contains a collection of mini-projects: from fences that automatically add pickets as you scale to cabinets with animated drawers. Each project can be recreated in the Windows or Mac versions of SketchUp Pro.

Finally, expert closes with some tips for scaling materials along with your dynamic components.

 

Topics include:

  • Using premade dynamic components
  • Saving dynamic components to local libraries
  • Creating dynamic components: fences, bookcases, cabinets, and furniture
  • Adding position and size attributes
  • Adding formulas
  • Creating swatch components
  • Nesting component parts
  • Adding an interface for custom attributes
  • Animating component properties
  • Dynamically scaling materials

 

Contents

 

Introduction
Work with dynamic components in SketchUp Pro

Exercise files

What you should know

Re-install the Dynamic Components extension

Course viewing strategy

 

1. Utilize Existing Dynamic Components
Access dynamic components

Interact with dynamic components

Scale dynamic components

Understand the methods of configuring dynamic components

 

2. Work with Dynamic Components Locally
Potential problem with imported working models

Save and update dynamic component definitions locally

Access local dynamic component libraries

 

3. Work with Dynamic Components in the Cloud
Upload a dynamic component to the 3D Warehouse

Add models and collections to your account

 

4. Fence Component That Adds Pickets as You Scale
Create parts of a fence post as components

Create the top and bottom rails and the picket component

Define the overall component container

Add attributes and formulas to the post and its cap

Continue adding formulas to the top and bottom rails

Add formulas to the picket

Define the copy behavior for the pickets

Build the user interface

 

5. Bookcase with Configurable Size, Shelving, and Materials
Add position and size attributes

Add a user interface for custom shelf attributes

Implement logic to copy shelves

Create and nest a swatch component

Cycle materials by clicking on a component

Correct texture coordinates in components

 

6. Base Cabinet with Animated Drawer and Door
Nest component parts

Animate the drawer sliding and door rotation

Implement the Hidden and OnClick behaviors

 

7. Cabinet with Multiple Preconfigured Sizes
Duplicate and make unique components

Nest various models in one component

Control model visibility with a formula

Implement pricing for each model

Debug errors

Disable scale and add descriptions

 

8. Furniture with Projected Textures and Hideable Parts
Texture mapping a face with a projected texture

Add more projected texture coordinates

Remove the material used for texture mapping

Implement material swapping and dealing with swatches

 

9. Component with Dynamically Scaled Materials
Understand how materials typically stretch

Create materials for each intended size

Design the user interface

Add formulas to control the number of panels and size

Concatenate a material name with length to swap materials

Add descriptions and save the project

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