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Interacting with Dynamic Components

Your ability to interact with a dynamic component depends on its variables. To help you understand how this works, take a look at this basic building with two instances of a dynamic door component.

Last updated 17 July 2026

Your ability to interact with a dynamic component depends on its variables. To help you understand how this works, take a look at this basic building with two instances of a dynamic door component.

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To activate the component's animation, select the Interact tool ( icon-interact-tool.png ) on the Dynamic Components toolbar or select Tools > Interact . When you click the door with the Interact tool cursor, the door opens, as shown in the following figure.

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This dynamic component also has configurable values. To see these values, click the Component Options tool ( icon-components-options-tool.png ) on the Dynamic Components toolbar or select Window > Component Options . In the Component Options window you can choose from a variety of preset options built into the component.

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3D Printing a Model

Before you print a model on a 3D printer, you need to make sure your 3D printer can understand your model data. Here's a quick overview of how to set up your SketchUp model for 3D printing:

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Adding an Environment to a Model

Environments allow you to add 360°panoramic backgrounds and image-based lighting conditions to your SketchUp models. The Environments panel is where you can add and manipulate environments, or import High Dynamic Range Image (HDRI) files or OpenEXR files to create a new environment.

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Adding Attributes

Attributes make components dynamic by telling SketchUp what to do. You can choose from predefined attributes or create custom attributes:

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Adding Premade Components and Dynamic Components

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

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Adding Text, Labels, and Dimensions to a Model

In SketchUp, you can add four types of text:

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