How to Follow SketchUp Best Practices

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Save your work frequently.

   This really goes with everything to do with software, but is worth mentioning here.
   
   Also, if you are experimenting, you might want to save under various names at important times.
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   Step 2: When actively modeling

   This will make sure that all primitives (the basic work) are not on different layers.
   
   Primitives "means points, lines, faces, rectangles, circles, polygons and arcs including construction lines and points."
   
   Complete one piece before going to the next step. , This simplifies the process and can be edited later by right clicking on the component and select 'Edit Component'. , Do this by right clicking on the component and Entity Info. ,
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   Step 3: be sure that Layer 0 is active.

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   Step 4: Draw one part at a time.

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   Step 5: As soon as a part takes 3D shape

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   Step 6: make it a component.

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   Step 7: As soon as a component is created

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   Step 8: move it to its own layer.

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   Step 9: Finish the model before adding to the scene

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    Step 10: like adding textures and the like.

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