When you're done, you can close the Entity Info box. In the Definition text box, select the component definition name and type a new one, as shown in the following figure.
In the Outliner, context-click the component name and select Entity Info from the menu that appears.To rename a component definition, follow these steps: When you rename the component definition, you change the name of every component instance in your model. To rename a component instance, follow the same steps you use to rename a group. To locate each color option quickly and easily in the Outliner, you might add the color name to each component instance. Say you have four instances of the same chair component, and each instance illustrates a different color option. If you have several component instances with the same name, you may have a hard time finding the instance you need. ( Adding Premade Components and Dynamic Components explains the difference between a component definition and a component instance.)īy default, every component instance has the same name as its definition, and in the Outliner, all components are enclosed in angle brackets. You can rename the component definition or an instance of that component's definition. Context-click (or triple click) the group name in the Outliner and select Rename from the menu that appears.Ĭompared to renaming groups, renaming components is a bit more complicated.
To name (or rename) a group in the Outliner, follow these steps: With the descriptive names, you can easily see which group is the roof, first floor, or second floor. In the preceding figure, each group was given a more descriptive name than the default name, Group. As you continue to build the model, you might import SketchUp models of standard house designs, and each component's name would reflect the design name. In a model of a housing development, you might create a group for each plot of land and name it after the plot numbers. For example, a meaningful name might describe an object’s location. Tip: Giving these entities meaningful names enables you and others to find, select, and edit the entities quickly and easily. In the sections that follow, you find details about naming and finding objects and section planes and changing the structure of your model's hierarchy.
(The Roof object is hidden.) You also see a section plane called Plan view, although the section plane isn't visible and the section cut isn't active. In this example, the model is named Two story house and within the House group, it contains three objects named First floor, Second floor, and Roof. Your model's name appears at the top of the hierarchy. To open the Outliner, as shown in the following figure, select Window > Outliner from the menu bar.
To learn more about the features in SketchUp Shop, see SketchUp for Web: Free vs Shop. Note: The Outliner is also included with SketchUp for Web, Shop edition.