# SketchUp-style Components and Groups

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketchup-style-components-and-groups/39230>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [August 22, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketchup-style-components-and-groups/39230 "2025-08-22T19:52:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![CurlyBee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/curlybee/32/10580_2.png) [@CurlyBee](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/CurlyBee)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketchup-style-components-and-groups/39230/1 "2025-08-22T19:52:03Z")

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**The problem that this feature will solve:**

_Implementing components and groups as they are utilized in SketchUp will make it easier to change multiples of objects, organize objects into meaningful groups and assemblies, and also potentially make the app more efficient, as the first object is the only “real” object, and all others are instances, reducing file space and also memory used._

**Brief description of the outcomes that you expect from this feature:**

_This feature allows the user to more permanently group items and manipulate groups of items as an enhancement to the “Items” panel. It would also allow component assemblies to be named and searched, uploaded to a local or cloud-based component library. These components can also be assigned to layers and can be turned on and off. And most importantly, making changes to one component makes changes to all instances._

**What can’t you achieve without this feature?**

_It limits the types of projects that I can use Shapr3D for. When I’m designing anything architectural, like wall assemblies, pergolas, furniture, I switch back to SketchUp because of this one feature. In Shapr3D, it’s difficult to separate objects because they are not grouped or components, and items seem stuck together._

Here’s an example of what I’m talking about…a tutorial about making a table with components: [https://youtu.be/dYeZvghrEOw?si=YIc3ByW\_kpXyzb2x](https://youtu.be/dYeZvghrEOw?si=YIc3ByW_kpXyzb2x)

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketchup-style-components-and-groups/39230/2 "2025-08-22T20:01:08Z")

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Requested two years ago.

> [@Components and Instances](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/components-and-instances/25888):
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> I would love to have some kind of component management system inside my files, it would make everything so much more efficient and would allow for many cool things. Please Shapr3D team consider making something to address that potential. I use Figma daily and the way they handle this is just perfect, here’s how it could work inside shapr. After you create a master component the main object becomes green when selected, when you edit this component it applies to its duplicates.

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**Author:** ![CurlyBee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/curlybee/32/10580_2.png) [@CurlyBee](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/CurlyBee)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketchup-style-components-and-groups/39230/3 "2025-08-22T20:03:41Z")

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Yup, I was on that thread. Reopening the discussion. 😃

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketchup-style-components-and-groups/39230/4 "2025-08-27T16:50:17Z")

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Don’t hold your breath. If it doesn’t involve drawings or visualization, it probably won’t be done for a long time.

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**Author:** ![SCALEMODEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/sketchup-style-components-and-groups/39230/5 "2025-08-27T18:38:52Z")

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They actually brought back Simple Transparent Material!!

[https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/glass-with-colored-liquid-simple-transparent-material-is-missing/39075](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/glass-with-colored-liquid-simple-transparent-material-is-missing/39075)