SketchUp SketchUp Tags and Scenes

Question 1

What were 'Tags' called in older versions of SketchUp (before 2020)?

Accepted Answer

Layers

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Filters

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Groups

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Visibility Sets

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of Tags in SketchUp?

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Controlling the visibility of groups and components

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Organizing geometry into separate physics simulations

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Setting material properties for export

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Grouping faces for Push/Pull operations

Question 3

In SketchUp, what is the best practice regarding raw geometry (edges and faces) and Tags?

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Keep all raw geometry on the Untagged (default) tag and only assign groups/components to other tags

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Assign all raw geometry to custom tags for organization

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Create one tag per face for maximum control

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Raw geometry should always be on the 'Layer0' tag

Question 4

What does the pencil icon next to a tag name in the Tags panel indicate in SketchUp?

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That tag is the active drawing tag where new geometry will be placed

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The tag is locked

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The tag has been renamed

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The tag has a material override

Question 5

How do you assign a group or component to a Tag in SketchUp?

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Select the group/component and choose the tag in the Entity Info panel or Tags panel

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Drag it into the tag in the Outliner

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Right-click > Tag > Assign

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Double-click the tag and drop the group into it

Question 6

What is a 'Tag Folder' in SketchUp?

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A container for organizing multiple tags into a named group within the Tags panel

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A system folder where .skm tag files are saved

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A folder of saved scenes

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A tag that contains only one group