How do I select an entity in SketchUp?

How do I select a specific object in SketchUp?

Here’s everything you need to know about selecting things in SketchUp:

1. Just click anything in your model to select it (while you’re using the Select tool, of course).
2. To select more than one thing, hold down the Shift key while you click all the things you want to select.

How do you select edges in SketchUp?

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1. Click and drag to make a selection box. With the Select tool active, click and drag to create a temporary box around the items you want to select. …
2. Double- or triple-click. Depending on what you click, you can select combinations of edges and faces. …
3. Context-click an edge. …
4. Context-click a face.

How do you select multiple entities in SketchUp?

To select multiple objects, you can hold the shift key and click on them. To deselect some objects from your selection, you can hold the shift key and click on them again.

What is Entity Info SketchUp?

As you create 3D models in SketchUp, you create an entity whenever you draw a line or face. Combining lines and faces into a group or component creates a special group or component entity. Each entity in a model has attributes, such as its measurement, the layer it’s on, and more.

What does entity mean in science terms?

An entity is any singular, identifiable and separate object. It refers to individuals, organizations, systems, bits of data or even distinct system components that are considered significant in and of themselves.

What is the difference between groups and components?

By definition, a Group is a single instance of a collection of geometry. A Component is a named collection of geometry that can exist at multiple locations within the model. Each instance is a repetition of all others. A change to one instance changes all other instances.