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    Quick select edges using the eraser tool!

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    • J Offline
      justry
      last edited by

      Go ahead man, it's all yours!

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        StarWarsKnower
        last edited by

        Hey, great trick!

        Nobody made a big welcome like this when I started. 😢 😞 😢 😢 😠 😢 😢

        Just Kiddin.

        Mike

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        • J Offline
          justry
          last edited by

          Update: instead of all the right click thingy, you can just press any shortcut key (e.g. space for the select tool) before releasing the LMB. That'll still keep your edges selected.

          I saw this in a thread somewhere in the forums, but by the time I thought I'd add it here, I'd forgotten where I saw it, so if you know who it was please post his name here ☀ .

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          • simon le bonS Offline
            simon le bon
            last edited by

            Very useful. Thanks Justry

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              shopdude
              last edited by

              That IS a great trick, learning learning...
              There is so much in this forum, now I'll spend all my time w/ SU and never actually build anything!
              Thank you, Shopdude

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              • simon le bonS Offline
                simon le bon
                last edited by

                As I was trying to explain this so usefull tip to a friend, I decided to produce out a small screencast of it. Here is the result:(Remind: press spacebar before release EraserTool and that's it!)

                [flash=475,436:x99jiuz8]http://www.viddler.com/simple/204a6c16/[/flash:x99jiuz8]

                😉 simon

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                  August
                  last edited by

                  Thanks to all contributors for this.

                  Using the Spacebar makes it even easier and a bit intuitive. The Eraser first selects but does not actually erase until you release the mouse button. Think of pressing the Spacebar as changing the Erase selection to a Selection selection. "Opps, I didn't mean to erase, I meant to select; I'll just change tools in mid-action."

                  You can, of course, make the reverse change, in a way. "Opps, I didn't mean to select, I meant to erase." Just hit Delete.

                  But to collect the selection in the first place, dragging the Eraser tool is a LOT faster than Shift-Click, Shift-Click, Shift-Click, Shift-Click.

                  The Eraser is the only tool that I can think of that collects a selection before it actually operates. Anybody got any others?

                  I hope this adds something to the discussion,
                  August

                  “An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.”
                  [floatr:v1mcbde2]-- Charles Dickens[/floatr:v1mcbde2]

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                  • GaieusG Offline
                    Gaieus
                    last edited by

                    @august said:

                    The Eraser is the only tool that I can think of that collects a selection before it actually operates. Anybody got any others?

                    No,although there are other tools that autoselect (like the PushPull or Move or Rotate), they can only select one entity at a time.

                    On another note, the Eraser can only select edges (not faces) so the autoselect function of say the PP tool can be used for other tricks like reversing faces quickly - you only need to set up a shortcut key for the function itself and "browse through" the faces with the PP tool while hitting the shortcut like a madman.

                    Every tool has its own, little "side effect" 😄

                    Gai...

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                    • simon le bonS Offline
                      simon le bon
                      last edited by

                      excellent 👍 👍 . Works also of course with "del"
                      😉s

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                      • simon le bonS Offline
                        simon le bon
                        last edited by

                        Dear all,

                        It seems fredo has developed the perfect tool which makes the tip of the Eraser Tool unnecessary:

                        [Plugin] HoverSelect 1.1d - Multi-selection of Edges

                        SketchUp is in the way to become a Fredoogle product 😆
                        *s

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