Gathering intelligence about componentsSketchUp provides a few tools that enable you to find important details about components:

Components in 3D WarehouseYou can search for components in the Components panel or the 3D Warehouse.In the Components panel, on the Select tab, you can use the following features to browse or search for components:

Components are complex entities you can create by grouping geometry. When you create a basic component in SketchUp, you turn that grouped geometry into a reusable and separate entity. Adding attributes to a basic component creates a configurable dynamic component. For even more component configuration options, you can use a SketchUp Live Component.Getting Started with ComponentsBefore you start inserting components, you need to know that every component has a definition and an instance:

Restructure here refers to components and component nesting. Think in terms of the number of clicks to edit into a component to change a sub component's color or orientation, or to manipulate it. You should minimize this number of clicks for the user of 3D Warehouse content.There are four main things to consider when restructuring or your component:

Whatever your experience level or modeling style, the way you model impacts SketchUp’s performance. Using the recommended system requirements helps, but there are a few other things you can do to optimize your SketchUp experience.

When you transform geometry into a component, your 3D model has all the following behaviors and capabilities:

In SketchUp, there are two types of Objects; Groups and Components. Objects are there to help you organize your model because: