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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      Select the edges and and activate offset...

      Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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      • EscapeArtistE Offline
        EscapeArtist
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        @plot-paris said:

        wow, cool. didn't know about that eihter. but what I would even more like to see is a push/pull like this:
        [attachment=0:37plearv]<!-- ia0 -->strange_pushpull.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:37plearv]

        It exists! Here: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=23341

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        • E Offline
          Ecuadorian
          last edited by

          I was working in a "mysterious" file that did not allow me to pushpull anything, and I was about to post the mysterious file here. After checking, "Snap to length" was set to a very high value. Duh!

          -Miguel Lescano
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          • Chris FullmerC Offline
            Chris Fullmer
            last edited by

            I just found one for me tonight. I change the model axis pretty often when I work. But I never noticed that you can activate the axis tool (or change axis inside of a component tool) and click twice somewhere and it will move the axis to that point without changing its orientation. Normally I would have clicked once, then lined up the the axes and click and line up and click. So a double click (not too fast though!) is much faster for moving the axis.

            Chris

            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              Select an element (lines, surface)
              Open Entity Info yes ๐Ÿ˜‰
              Then when you select with Shift , Shift + Ctrl or Ctrl
              all surfaces or length lines are added , subbstracted, modified, visible and updated in the Entity info! ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜’

              Frenchy Pilou
              Is beautiful that please without concept!
              My Little site :)

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              • GaieusG Offline
                Gaieus
                last edited by

                OK, this is a very painful duh:

                My system seemed to crash and I could not even start windows in safe mode (Mac users, don't sneer, please) so I decided to at least try to repair my system. It didn't allow me as whatever imaginable I entered, it didn't accept it as the password of the system admin.

                So I reinstalled (I have a recent backup of my documents at least). Then I realised that I didn1t even have a password and should have just hit Enter without entering any password.
                ๐Ÿ˜ณ

                So basically this is what I wasted my Sunday for. I have a deadline tomorrow. ๐Ÿ˜•

                Gai...

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                • plot-parisP Offline
                  plot-paris
                  last edited by

                  oh, that is a really bad one, Gaieus! I am not sure if I should burst with laughter ๐Ÿคฃ , feel terribly sorry for you ๐Ÿ˜ž or just blush with embarassment, because that could just as well have happened to me ๐Ÿ˜ณ

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                  • plot-parisP Offline
                    plot-paris
                    last edited by

                    another one. after importing a messy 3Ds model and cleaning it up with Thomthoms cleanup-script (thanks again, thom), I started entering every single one of the over 1500 groups/components, to smooth their surfaces.

                    then I just discovered, that you can apply the smoothing to groups/components, without entering them. so you can select all the groups at once and only have to do the proces once! (doesn't work with nested groups though)

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
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                      @plot-paris said:

                      then I just discovered, that you can apply the smoothing to groups/components, without entering them. so you can select all the groups at once and only have to do the proces once! (doesn't work with nested groups though)

                      I recently discovered that as well!
                      In regards to CleanUp - it does have a function to smooth the geometry it cleans up. If you use CleanUp Entire Model you have a field "Smooth Edges by Angle".

                      Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                      • plot-parisP Offline
                        plot-paris
                        last edited by

                        @thomthom said:

                        In regards to CleanUp - it does have a function to smooth the geometry it cleans up. If you use CleanUp Entire Model you have a field "Smooth Edges by Angle".

                        yet another 'Doh'
                        I can put my Homer button to quite some use today ๐Ÿ˜„

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
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                          @plot-paris said:

                          oh, that is a really bad one, Gaieus! I am not sure if I should burst with laughter ๐Ÿคฃ , feel terribly sorry for you ๐Ÿ˜ž or just blush with embarassment, because that could just as well have happened to me ๐Ÿ˜ณ

                          Well, eventually it turned out that the total HD was broken so no matter what I would've done, the repair/install wouldn't have been successful. Had to buy a new HD and reinstall everything again. ๐Ÿ˜ข

                          Gai...

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                          • plot-parisP Offline
                            plot-paris
                            last edited by

                            uh, thats bad!
                            actually, I still try to deny that hard discs just die after several years of intenseive use. its not pleasant, when the truth catches up with you...

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                            • broomstickB Offline
                              broomstick
                              last edited by

                              I just discovered that the erase function hides and smoothes edges if you use it in combination with atl ctrl an shift...

                              DUH!!

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                              • E Offline
                                Ecuadorian
                                last edited by

                                Today I discovered that I can drag-and-drop images straight from Firefox into the SketchUp viewport. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

                                -Miguel Lescano
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                                • pilouP Offline
                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  I discovered that I can drag-and-drop images straight from Firefox into the SketchUp viewport.

                                  ๐Ÿ‘ Tricky and speedy ๐Ÿ˜Ž

                                  Frenchy Pilou
                                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                  My Little site :)

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                                  • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                    Chris Fullmer
                                    last edited by

                                    I just discovered that you can use more than one modifier key when setting up shortcut keys. example

                                    ctrl + shift + alt + Q

                                    or snything along those lines. I never reazlied that... ๐Ÿ˜ณ

                                    Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                    All my Plugins I've written

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                                    • plot-parisP Offline
                                      plot-paris
                                      last edited by

                                      just out of interest: what function did you assign to
                                      Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Q???

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                                      • GaieusG Offline
                                        Gaieus
                                        last edited by

                                        When I press that, it triggers an automatic poking of you on Facebook.
                                        ๐Ÿคฃ

                                        (I dare not try if there is anything assigned to it by default because I am rendering an animation) ๐Ÿ˜•

                                        Gai...

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                                        • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                          Chris Fullmer
                                          last edited by

                                          It is my auto-assinate button in SU ๐Ÿ˜„

                                          I don't really have it assigned to anything. It was just an example of how complex a "shortcut" could be. I thought I was stuck to simple single modifiers. Double modifiers could greatly expand my shortcut range though!

                                          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
                                          All my Plugins I've written

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                                          • mitcorbM Offline
                                            mitcorb
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                                            @chris fullmer said:

                                            It is my auto-assinate button in SU ๐Ÿ˜„

                                            Now, what would an "auto-assinate" button do, exactly?
                                            Hee Hee!

                                            I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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