Quick Answer: How do you use the subtraction tool in SketchUp?

What are solid tools in SketchUp?

Modeling Complex 3D Shapes with the Solid Tools



With SketchUp’s Solid tools, you can create new shapes by combining or cutting one shape with another, making it easy to model an outer shell or joinery.

How do you separate components in SketchUp?

Make Unique: Sometimes you want to make changes to only one or a few of the instances of a component in your model. In this case, select the instance(s) you want to edit, right-click one of them, and choose Make Unique from the context menu. This option turns the instances you selected into a separate component.

How do you convert to solid in SketchUp?

For SketchUp to realize something is a solid, you have to make it into either a group or a component first. Another thing: Solid groups and components can’t have other groups and/or components nested inside them. Making a solid doesn’t require any special tools.

How do you remove extra lines in SketchUp?

How do you remove lines in SketchUp? If you select the Eraser tool from any of the toolbars, you can click an edge to erase it and any faces it bounds. Click and drag over multiple lines with the Eraser tool. The lines that you will erase when you release the mouse button are highlighted in blue.

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