Components in SketchUp turn geometry in a model into reusable entities. . For example, most buildings have at least one door and window. Instead of modeling these common objects, you can insert a component that you have already made, or even one made by someone else. .Like all geometry in SketchUp, a component is still made of edges and faces. The edges and faces are part of a special component group.Check out the following articles for more information:

SketchUp’s Match Photo feature can help you apply a photo to your model, or even create a model from a photo.Match Photo works best when your image meets certain criteria:

Materials, environments, and textures add images, colors, lighting, and textures to parts of your model. Applying these effects to your models adds an extra level of detail and realism. 

Certain styles may not be compatible with SketchUp's default settings for selection colors, hidden geometry display, section planes and cuts, guides, and other features. If you are color blind, changing these settings can also help you see SketchUp's modeling cues more clearly than you can with the default settings.In the Styles panel, the Edit tab has a Modeling Settings pane. Here you can customize colored visual cues and choose what cues, such as section planes, do or don't appear. You can save these selections with the active style.

SketchUp Styles can add complexity to a model that slow down SketchUp as you work on your 3D model. To apply the styles you need while optimizing performance, use Fast Style. When a style qualifies as a Fast Style, SketchUp displays a badge like this: If you apply a style created in SketchUp 2014 or earlier, the Fast Style doesn't display the badge until you force the style to update once in SketchUp.

In SketchUp, collections help you organize styles and easily access the ones you use most often. SketchUp includes several default collections, but you can create your own and save collections to a favorites list.The In Model styles collection is particularly helpful, because it contains all the styles currently included with your model file. To see your In Model styles, follow these steps:

SketchUp provides a lot of styles to choose from by default. If those don’t quite fit the needs of your design, you can always edit them, or even create a new one. To get started, open the Styles panel and follow these steps:To create a new style click Create New Style () on the Select tab. If you want to edit an existing style, move on to step 2.

A big part of your model's style is what you see in the background. SketchUp makes it easy to customize the background including the sky, horizon, and ground to best fit the style of your model. After all, what's the use in making a Mars Rover if it doesn't look like it's on Mars? You can customize the background colors of your model in the Styles panel by following these steps:

Styles in SketchUp are a great way to help you convey information about your model without saying a word. A Style is a collection of specific settings for edges, faces, and backgrounds. A Style with pencil-drawn edges and a fuzzy color scheme can suggest your model is still a work-in-progress, while a more formal model will use colors and settings that can help make your model more photo-realistic. Using the Styles PanelThe Styles panel contains a great selection of predefined styles you can use in your model. To choose a Style: 

As you create a model in 3D, you need to view it from all sides. In SketchUp, you orbit, zoom, and pan all the time as you draw: