How to make geometries back into same component to bulk Push Pull? – SketchUp for Web

There’s one thing I just can’t figure out.

Let’s say I’ve made a geometry, copied it. Done some grouping and componenting etc…

How can I select multiple geometries and be able to edit them all at once again?
I know how to do it from scratch… Create geometry, make component, copy, and then push pull.

But after I’ve tampered with the copies individually, I can’t seem to get them back into a component so I can edit them all in one go…

Show us with a skp what you’ve got, then someone might be able to help.

plantingbox.skp (103.6 KB)

I want to extend the legs all in one go. How?

Beine und Lange.skp (43.8 KB)
I used “Go’s” inspector and found that your components were nested groups. I cut all but one group out and made components. But each component has no other nested group in it. One component is Bein and one is Lang. Then, I moved/copied the other copies in place on one side and flipped/copied them to the other. All of it is now solid groups and components. I prefer to work only in components, especially when I want all to change or be copied simultaneously. You don’t need to save two groups that have the same geometry into one component. That creates a nested group that is not solid. Just make one a component and it is easy then to move/copy or flip/copy.

Your entire plantingbox could be consisting of just 4 components (some with copies and mirrored copies, some scaled), that is all. So only four different component definitions for the entire model:

• leg plank (and mirrored leg plank (two grouped into one leg) → (these grouped and also mirrored for the other legs.
• plank (and mirrored plank) → long and scaled to short. (grouped into side and mirrored).
• upper ridge long (and one mirrored)
• upper ridge short (and one mirrored)

In your shared model you have a mix of groups and components, some even nested. Not consistent at all.

Thanks!

I have a lot to learn about this.

You’ll get it if you keep practicing and look at the free SketchUp videos and the Square One series on You Tube. Those videos save a lot of trial and error time.