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    • K Offline
      Khai
      last edited by

      can someone give me a step by step idiots guide on how to actually use this?

      I can get it to light an edge up orange. that's all. how do you select things with it?

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      • Dan RathbunD Offline
        Dan Rathbun
        last edited by

        See the first post for basic use.
        Thomas has a link to a Command Cheatsheet also in the first post.

        (ThomThom is in Norway, so it was the middle of his night when you posted... he'll answer... be patient. He's an SCF moderator, and checks in several times a day.)

        I'm not here much anymore.

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        • K Offline
          Khai
          last edited by

          @dan rathbun said:

          See the first post for basic use.
          Thomas has a link to a Command Cheatsheet also in the first post.

          (ThomThom is in Norway, so it was the middle of his night when you posted... he'll answer... be patient. He's an SCF moderator, and checks in several times a day.)

          erm. I did?

          and I don't see how to use it. sorry.. I mean, do I select the group then...what? the most I've got is an orange outline and nothing selected. so I'm doing something wrong...

          this is what I mean by step by step and ... be patient? I asked once and waited...?

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          • D Offline
            d12dozr
            last edited by

            Khai, what are you trying to select? What function are you trying to use?

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            • K Offline
              Khai
              last edited by

              well I want to use it.... and I don't get any selections whatever I try.. so I thought I'd ask for help..

              I did read the first post and sorry guys. there are no instructions there. you may see 'em but I don't..

              just boil it down for the terminally bewildered? so I select a group and say I want to select a row of faces I....? or I want to select a ring of edges I....?

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              • D Offline
                d12dozr
                last edited by

                Quick video below, you can enable/disable context-click options from the UI Settings in the Selection Toys menu.
                HTH

                [flash=853,505:3vn20087]http://www.youtube.com/v/bemMh3gpLVI&fs=1[/flash:3vn20087]

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  Thanks Marcus! Great video - I should put that in the original post.

                  Khai: in addition to Marcus' video that showed the menu items, you can also enable the toolbar Tools->Selection Toys->Enable Toolbar

                  Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                  • D Offline
                    d12dozr
                    last edited by

                    Glad to help, sir...its a great plugin, feel free to use the video in your top post if you think its good enough.
                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bemMh3gpLVI

                    3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                    http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                    • K Offline
                      Khai
                      last edited by

                      thank you that really helps πŸ˜„

                      tho somethings not working right - selecting N-gons does not work at all... and I know there is some.. I can see them...!

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        What function are you trying to use?

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                        • K Offline
                          Khai
                          last edited by

                          Select Ngon

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                          • thomthomT Offline
                            thomthom
                            last edited by

                            Select Only -> Polygons ?

                            Note that Select Only and Deselect modifies your current selection - doesn't add to it.

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                            • K Offline
                              Khai
                              last edited by

                              that's exactly what I'm doing.
                              select the model, then Select Only -> N-Gons and nothing is selected, even tho I can see Ngon's.

                              to clarify :Stoys.jpg

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                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                Better if you post your SKP file πŸ˜‰

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                                • K Offline
                                  Khai
                                  last edited by

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  Better if you post your SKP file πŸ˜‰

                                  sorry cannot do that, it's copyrighted work that will be for sale, and it's not just the mesh in the image above.

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                                  • thomthomT Offline
                                    thomthom
                                    last edited by

                                    Polygon and N-Gon refer to entities where the Entity Info display Polygon.

                                    ST_Polygon.png

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                                    • K Offline
                                      Khai
                                      last edited by

                                      erm... pardon?

                                      ok I must be being dense... that made no sense at all?

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                                      • pilouP Offline
                                        pilou
                                        last edited by

                                        In fact i believe this N Gon function shown only figures who are made with the tool "Polygon" πŸ˜‰
                                        And not geometric figures that you can see as Ngons πŸ˜‰

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                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          In fact i believe this N Gon function shown only figures who are made with the tool "Polygon" πŸ˜‰
                                          And not geometric figures that you can see as Ngons πŸ˜‰

                                          Exactly - the selection tool doesn't look at the shape of the geometry, but filters the selection based on the types of entities SketchUp reports.

                                          When you select something in SU, the Entity Info window will say what type it is - all the filtering is based on these types.

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

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                                          • K Offline
                                            Khai
                                            last edited by

                                            ah. thanks for your help then.. this explains all my problems with this Ruby. we're not compatible.. but thats ok.

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