How do you make something not a component in Sketchup?

Can I undo a component in SketchUp?

Right click on the component without opening it for editing. Choose Make Unique to break it’s relationship to the others. Draw a line across where you want to cut it and use Push/Pull to remove the waste side.

How do you unlink objects in SketchUp?

If you no longer need a group, select the group entity and choose Edit > Ungroup from the menu bar. Or context-click the selection and choose Ungroup from the menu that appears.

How do you separate components in SketchUp?

How do you split a component in SketchUp?

1. Select the Split tool ( ). Tip: Until you hover over a solid group or component, you see an arrow cursor with a circle and a slash. …
2. Click a solid entity.
3. Click another solid entity that intersects your first selection.

How do I edit a component in SketchUp?

Editing all instances of a component



To open the context, you can double-click the component. Or select it, context-click the selection, and choose Edit Component, or simply hit Enter. Use the SketchUp drawing tools to edit your component.

How do you break the connection between two copies of a component?

It also looks like, once you’ve created a linked copy (e.g. by accident) that there is no way to break the connection to the original component. However you can copy/paste-new the clone, and then delete the clone, which allows you to keep any changes you might have made to it.