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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      It gets even more important when you start sending models through a render engines - many features there demand that your normals are oriented correctly.

      Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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      • S Offline
        SketchUpNoobie
        last edited by

        @broomstick said:

        @thomthom said:

        A more recent Duh I had:

        Being able to select only a few edges from a face and offset them instead of the whole face.

        I had this one today!!

        Wow. I didn't know that! I thought you had to offset the whole thing then erase unwanted lines and draw wanted lines. Duh! ๐Ÿ˜ณ

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          SketchUpNoobie
          last edited by

          @xrok1 said:

          the duh moment that turned out to just be a der! moment. ๐Ÿคฃ

          but seriously you can copy your construction lines with (ctrl) copy, and then say *10 or whatever so you get 10 equally spaced. if that helps?

          Duh! Wow again! I have such a hard time dividing stuff like 7 3/16" into 3 equal sections. This helps a lot! Thanks!

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          SketchUpNoobie: the complete noob in all things SketchUp.

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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
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            @unknownuser said:

            @xrok1 said:

            the duh moment that turned out to just be a der! moment. ๐Ÿคฃ

            but seriously you can copy your construction lines with (ctrl) copy, and then say *10 or whatever so you get 10 equally spaced. if that helps?

            Duh! Wow again! I have such a hard time dividing stuff like 7 3/16" into 3 equal sections. This helps a lot! Thanks!

            Move+ctrl to copy + typed 'dimension' + <enter> moves the copy by that 'dimension'.
            Immediately typing 10x [or 10* or x10 or *10 !] will copy 10 times, at that dimension each time.
            Alternatively immediately typing /10 will take the 'dimension' as the total distance and make 10 copies that are fitted into the distance, dividing the 'dimension' into 10 equal parts - as you say great if you want to subdivide 7 3/16" into 3 parts without worrying about the Math.

            TIG

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            • S Offline
              SketchUpNoobie
              last edited by

              @ecuadorian said:

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

              Wow! Just tried it with your avatar and it works!!! ๐Ÿ˜„

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              SketchUpNoobie: the complete noob in all things SketchUp.

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                @ecuadorian said:

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

                Wow! Just tried it with your avatar and it works!!! ๐Ÿ˜„

                I had and odd duh moment for that - because I just did it one time, and I surprised myself afterwards when I realised it worked. I assumed it didn't - so I have no idea why I even tried.

                Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  But the inverse don't work ๐Ÿ˜ž ๐Ÿ˜‰

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

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                  • K Offline
                    KXI System
                    last edited by

                    just figured out how to adjust a textured face.

                    Right click โžก texture
                    on textured face. Actually I knew about it but just forgot.

                    Getting the perfect sig is hard...

                    Google it!

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                    • S Offline
                      SketchUpNoobie
                      last edited by

                      @arklandesign said:

                      hehe .....This is a funny and informative thread at the same time...

                      I have one... discovered by mistake yesterday.
                      If one is in a complicated model and want to focus attention to a particular part of the model, one can double click on the scroll wheel at the point one is interested in and that will centre that point in the middle of the screen....making orbiting even easier.

                      Haha! Thanks! Funny how stupid some people are. Surely not me though! ๐Ÿ˜ณ

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                      • D Offline
                        danbig
                        last edited by

                        here's one:

                        what's the difference between the "soften" and "hide" commands for lines?

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                        • Rich O BrienR Offline
                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Left is Hidden, right is softened...

                          Soften Hide FaceOff.jpg

                          and SHIFT+ = Hide

                          and CTRL+ = Soften

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                          • D Offline
                            danbig
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            Left is Hidden, right is softened...

                            Other than appearance, is there a difference in how the two behave?

                            (I'm slow to Doh! on this one ๐Ÿ˜•)

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                            • Rich O BrienR Offline
                              Rich O Brien Moderator
                              last edited by

                              In this example the cylinder with the HIDDEN lines, it's faces are still individually manipulated. Where as SOFTENED results one continuous face. SU playing games with the mind

                              Difference FaceOff.jpg

                              To create the cylinder without softened edges, just draw a circle, then right click it and Explode Curve followed by . Now you can hide edges and see for yourself!

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                                danbig
                                last edited by

                                Hmm. Strange. I'm able to create hidden and soft lines (I use hidden lines regularly).

                                But if I create two cylinders, just as you have, the hidden line version behaves exactly the same as the soft lines version (sketchup displays the sides as one big face, unless I display "hidden lines" then I can select each face individually).

                                Also, my hidden line cylinder looks identical to the soft line cylinder.

                                Can anyone comment on the intent behind creating these two different line styles? What is the "suggested" or intended use for each?

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                                • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                  Rich O Brien Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi DanBIG,

                                  Draw two circles and the right click as mentioned above to 'Explode Curve'

                                  Explode Curve.jpg

                                  Now both circles, because we have returned the circle to individual segments, instead of one polyline, SU creates a cylinder with individual faces...

                                  Hide Lines.jpg

                                  Hiding these faces do not merge the faces into one another again, it just hides the Edges(Vertices). Thus still enabling you to manipulate each face...

                                  Difference.jpg

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  What is the "suggested" or intended use for each?

                                  SU, when it creates CURVES(POLYLINES), allows you to simulate smoothness. As SU natively uses only straight lines to create any curve, having the ability to simulate smoothness/roundness is necessary. When you select View>Hidden Geometry you are effectively asking SU to show both HIDDEN and SOFTENED lines.

                                  To answer your question, which looks nicer?

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                                  • mitcorbM Offline
                                    mitcorb
                                    last edited by

                                    following up
                                    doesn't it also affect how textures or materials are applied?

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

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                                    • GaieusG Offline
                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by

                                      Regarding textures; it does not really control how they are applied but how you can apply them. I.e. you cannot manipulate texture mapping (positioning, projection etc) on curved surfaces only on singular face(t)s. In order to access these on curved surfaces and be able to do anything, you need to show hidden geometry first.

                                      Gai...

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                                      • GaieusG Offline
                                        Gaieus
                                        last edited by

                                        I have never noticed this...
                                        ๐Ÿ˜ฒ
                                        And we have a "search this topic" box as well!
                                        ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                                        And I am an admin here for about three years now?
                                        ๐Ÿ˜’ ๐Ÿ˜ณ ๐Ÿ˜•


                                        SearchThisForum.png

                                        Gai...

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                                        • mitcorbM Offline
                                          mitcorb
                                          last edited by

                                          @Gaieus:
                                          No one is immune. ๐Ÿ˜‰
                                          I will probably be next.

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

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            ๐Ÿ˜†

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

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