In Sketchup, click on "Help" (at the top of the screen) then "Welcome to Sketchup".
Do you normally see that screen when Sketchup starts, or did you turn it off by un-selecting the "Always show on startup" box?
I think, if the "Welcome" popup comes on, you will always start with a blank model.

 

I have that "Welcome" popup turned off. And I always start up on whatever blank template is chosen in the preferences. Turned it on and still a blank template. Now if you saved you drawing as a template, then that would come back up at the beginning? But that would be the same drawing each time.

 

Kwok, I think you hit it! I'll bet he saved the drawing as a template, by accident. Genius!

 

Apparently guys, I must have saved something as template. How do I unsave as template?

 

Oh...when I go to templates in preferences, I have 3 that I want to delete.

 

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I've started a new project, but somehow I have given all parts a group number [1]. I've seen where I can explode parts, but not sure how to go about doing this. I need to renumber each part in parameter.
Is there a video on how to renumber groups? If so, what is video called, and where is it?

still a newby, but coming along

 

Thanks Shaun...
I finally got it figured out, I had to select all components in safe area and keep clicking explode until explode was no longer and option. Then, I had to select each individual component, and make each one a group in the order I wanted them cut.
Keith