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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
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        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
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          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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            • Chris FullmerC Offline
              Chris Fullmer
              last edited by

              I struggle...

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

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
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                @unknownuser said:

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

                A list of shortcuts ๐Ÿ’š

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

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
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                  Triangulate a simple rectangle surface with the Sand box? ๐Ÿ˜ณ
                  Just draw a diagonal first! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                  Then apply the Sand box "Add dรฉtails" ๐Ÿ’š


                  duh.png

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

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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    A cool one! ๐Ÿ˜ณ
                    The Duhduh of the day! Never used! ๐Ÿ˜’
                    Thx Jeff โ˜€

                    http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=41868&mode=view

                    Frenchy Pilou
                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
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                    • K Offline
                      KXI System
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                      ๐Ÿคฃ

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

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

                      ๐Ÿคฃ

                      Getting the perfect sig is hard...

                      Google it!

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
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                        @kxi system said:

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

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

                        That's because only those who thinkhave genuine doh moments... ๐Ÿ˜’

                        Gai...

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                          ely862me
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                          @gaieus said:

                          @kxi system said:

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

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

                          That's because only those who thinkhave genuine doh moments... ๐Ÿ˜’

                          ๐Ÿ˜„

                          Elisei (sketchupper)


                          Before no life was done on Earth it was THE LIFE ITSELF...GOD
                          Come and See EliseiDesign

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                          • K Offline
                            KXI System
                            last edited by

                            OK, I'll share a duh moment.

                            THE COMPONENT DIALOG BOX IS JUST A MINI 3-D WAREHOUSE WINDOW!
                            I found out by trying to search for a component and ended up with the same search results as the first page in the 3-D warehouse.

                            WARNING, THE FOLLOWING DUH MOMENT IS PROVEN TO DECREASE PRODUCTION BY 1000%!

                            OK, first I found one of the antics figures off the warehouse (not through the component dialog window). Now all antic models have a link to the same youtube video, so I clicked on it and next thing you know I have youtube fully working inside sketchup! ๐Ÿ˜† I got nothing done that day...

                            Getting the perfect sig is hard...

                            Google it!

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                            • J Offline
                              Jim
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                              Just learned the physical size of the SU window matters when trying to print to scale.

                              No matter what I did I could not get my unscaled print on a single page, even though it would have easily fit on a single page. After making the SU window narrower than the height, SketchUp decided it would fit a a single sheet after all.

                              Hi

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                              • K Offline
                                KXI System
                                last edited by

                                @jim said:

                                Just learned the physical size of the SU window matters when trying to print to scale.

                                No matter what I did I could not get my unscaled print on a single page, even though it would have easily fit on a single page. After making the SU window narrower than the height, SketchUp decided it would fit a a single sheet after all.

                                Found that out the hard way, 100 prints to just get close...

                                Getting the perfect sig is hard...

                                Google it!

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                                  jgb
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                                  @ecuadorian said:

                                  I changed the thread title in order to collect more "Duh!" moments here.

                                  A couple of minutes ago, I just realized that the "Move" tool has a rotate function incorporated when you select a component. Just hover your mouse over any of the six faces of the bounding box and you'll see four red crosses. Select any of them to rotate your component around its center.

                                  Another "Duh!" moment brought to you by a SketchUp newbie. I guess it's time to read the 887-page long manual from start to end.

                                  Keep in mind the [move] tool rotate is a bit different from the [rotate] tool.

                                  With move/rotate the 4 selection grab points (red +) are inset at mid point of the sides of the bounding box, BUT the actual axis of rotation is only perpendicular to the centroid of the bounding box selection face, regardless of the objects actual shape and mass center. The [move] tool can ONLY rotate groups and components, no other objects.

                                  The rotate tools selection point is anywhere on any selected object(s) (anywhere in the drawing) and the rotation axis is perpendicular to the face at the selection point. If you need to rotate the object on an axis not perpendicular to the selection face, you need to place the protractor on a parallel face then [shift] move and then [click] the protractor to the selection point and complete the rotation. Otherwise you will need a temporary face to force the axis alignment for the rotate. The temp face need not be on any actual face of the object, but as a safeguard, group it first to avoid merging. To aid in placing the protractor center correctly, place a guide line in the desired axis of rotation, passing through the temp face. Place the protractor center on the intersection of the guide line through the temp face and complete the rotation.


                                  jgb

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                                  • jgbJ Offline
                                    jgb
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                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    My Spacebar doesn't deselect - disappointed.

                                    You right : I was no precise! ๐Ÿ˜ณ
                                    That deselect "tools" ! ๐Ÿ˜„

                                    Deselect selected is of course clicked an empty space ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                    [ctrl]T deselects all. Sometimes you cannot see empty space to click on.

                                    That was my "Duh" moment after more than a year of using SU and frustration with deselections from inside my models.

                                    Another "Duh" was using the [extrude] tool to quickly "select" (highlight actually) faces to reverse or delete. Just hover the tool over the face (NO clicking) and using shortcut keys "D" = delete, "R" = reverse face to either delete them or reverse them. Very fast that way for multiple faces. Gaieus gave me that one. There are other tools and functions you can use as well.


                                    jgb

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                                    • jgbJ Offline
                                      jgb
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                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      @paulside said:

                                      Come on, Own up, how many of us have tried to orbit a jpg ! ๐Ÿคฃ

                                      i try to orbit everything on my computer after a long SU session.. web pages etc...

                                      it's like jumping on a trampoline for a while.. once you get back on solid ground, it takes a few minutes to readjust..

                                      Like the famous Indian explorer, Binder Dundat, I have a 2D graphics app for GIF animation creation. [Orbit] does not work in that. Pity......


                                      jgb

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                                      • jgbJ Offline
                                        jgb
                                        last edited by

                                        @gaieus said:

                                        @thomthom said:

                                        ...
                                        Ever tried to undo a wrong stroke with the pen..? ๐Ÿ˜ณ

                                        Or with a girlfriend? ๐Ÿ˜’

                                        English teacher remarks to young Johnny that his spelling and punctuation has improved considerably.
                                        Johnny say "I had too. My older sister caught a major screaming session with Mom & Dad when she missed a period."


                                        jgb

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                                        • U Offline
                                          Ultimatez 32
                                          last edited by

                                          My Duh! of today...

                                          I just noticed you can use 'paste in place' for moving ungrouped geometry inside an already grouped geometry. It helps a lot when you are outlining something in a blueprint and then paste in place in a group, like a plane's wing for intersection.

                                          ultimatez

                                          Windows 7 64-bit, Intel Core i3 M350 @2.27GHz, nVidia GEFORCE 310M 512Mb with CUDA, 4gb RAM

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                                          • plot-parisP Offline
                                            plot-paris
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                                            @jgb said:

                                            English teacher remarks to young Johnny that his spelling and punctuation has improved considerably.
                                            Johnny say "I had too. My older sister caught a major screaming session with Mom & Dad when she missed a period."

                                            ๐Ÿคฃ

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