From the course: SketchUp 2021 Essential Training
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Isolate a group or component - SketchUp Tutorial
From the course: SketchUp 2021 Essential Training
Isolate a group or component
- [Instructor] Sometimes it can be difficult to work on a group or component because of what's around it. If another group is nearby, and it seems to be in the way, it can be helpful to isolate that group so that it is temporarily the only geometry that you see. For example, if I'd like to work on this fireplace, everything else around it is in my way. One of the methods I could use is to use the hide rest model function, and that's going to be under view, component edit, hide rest of model. If I click on that, now it's hidden the rest of the model temporarily, and I can go ahead and work on this fireplace. Once I click off of the fireplace to get out of the group, the rest of the house comes back. I can double click onto these windows, and it's showing me everything that's in the group. Now I can work on the backside of these windows, without the walls being in my way. To turn this off, I can go back to view, component…
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