The "Duh!" thread (aka the Doh! thread)

Gaieus · 15 Nov 2009, 16:04

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.

So basically this is what I wasted my Sunday for. I have a deadline tomorrow.

plot-paris · 16 Nov 2009, 09:22

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

plot-paris · 16 Nov 2009, 10:04

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)

thomthom · 16 Nov 2009, 10:08

@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".

plot-paris · 16 Nov 2009, 11:00

@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

Gaieus · 19 Nov 2009, 12:15

@plot-paris said:

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

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.

plot-paris · 19 Nov 2009, 13:01

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...

broomstick · 20 Nov 2009, 20:07

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

DUH!!

Ecuadorian · 20 Nov 2009, 21:10

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

pilou · 20 Nov 2009, 23:05

@unknownuser said:

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

Tricky and speedy

Chris Fullmer · 30 Dec 2009, 06:02

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...

plot-paris · 7 Jan 2010, 14:08

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

Gaieus · 7 Jan 2010, 14:32

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

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

Chris Fullmer · 7 Jan 2010, 18:44

It is my auto-assinate button in SU

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!

mitcorb · 7 Jan 2010, 22:07

@chris fullmer said:

It is my auto-assinate button in SU

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

Chris Fullmer · 7 Jan 2010, 22:19

I struggle...

pilou · 7 Jan 2010, 22:28

@unknownuser said:

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

A list of shortcuts

pilou · 8 Jan 2010, 15:10

Triangulate a simple rectangle surface with the Sand box?
Just draw a diagonal first!
Then apply the Sand box "Add détails"

pilou · 28 Jan 2010, 17:16

A cool one!
The Duhduh of the day! Never used!
Thx Jeff

KXI System · 29 Jan 2010, 00:17

Thing was, the people who I looked up to as pro's...

Are the ones that had the most "duh!"s