Setting OBJECT INSERTION POINTS in SketchUp Models



Sometimes when you download models from the 3D Warehouse, they come into your model in weird places – below floors, way away from your cursor, facing the wrong direction, etc.

In this video, we talk about how to adjust those insertion points so that your models import into the right location facing the proper direction every time!

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Introduction
0:13 – The SketchUp Essentials Community Free Trial
1:34 – Intro to Component Axes
2:50 – Changing the Component Axis Location
4:35 – Using Component Axes for Precise Insertion Points
6:40 – Fixing an Upside Down Model Insertion Point
7:59 – The SketchUp Essentials Community Free Trial

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