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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      I do like the context-menu - but I want to be able to choose which items to have there. I've edited meny of the plugins I have to reduce the number of items down to just what I want. It is a very handy place to have semi-frequent command - always at the mouse position. It's the fifth position in Fitt's Law - the one which is the quickest to access.

      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
        last edited by

        Well, Thom, my "bottleneck" seems to be memory as I still have free keys on my keyboard.
        😆

        Gai...

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
          last edited by

          You can send over to me. Not that I have a good brain memory myself - but I think my muscle memory is better. Which is why I can't stand most of the keyboards that are sold these days - they all muck about with the key positions. Logitec, which used to have great keyboards messed up all their layouts. I got a Microsort keyboard ( I wanted a wireless one with mulitmedia keys as well ), but as it turns out, they also mucked about with the keys - not their position, but their size. ESC and the F1-12 buttons. grumble If only Logitech had provided updated drivers for my old keyboard ... and I could fix the connectors for the charger.
          My kingdom for a decent keyboard!

          </rant>

          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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          • TIGT Offline
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            I use most of the 'defaults', plus several of my own.
            My main changes / additions are...

            G=make-Group
            B=make-component [it's Block in ACAD]
            Alt+B=close-edit
            D=tapemeasure-tool [Dimension in ACAD]
            T=Text [as in ACAD]
            Alt+T=Texture
            Ctrl+D=Divide
            H=Hide
            Shift+H=unHide
            Ctrl+Alt+H=Hide-rest-of-model-toggle
            K=locK
            Shift+K=unlocK
            R=Rotate [as in ACAD]
            Alt+R=Rectangle
            Alt+Shift+R=3pt-Rectangle
            Shift+R=miRRoR
            Q=reverse-faces
            Alt+Q=orient-faces
            U=Unselect-sll
            Ctrl+Shift+V=paste-in-place
            J=weld [Join in ACAD]
            =delete-all-guides

            TIG

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            • EarthMoverE Offline
              EarthMover
              last edited by

              Very cool to see others shortcuts. A few I think I will adapt into my workflow. All seem very logic. This should also be a good thread to give new users a good idea for setting up their own shortcuts.

              A few other I use all the time but forgot to add are -

              Shift + V - Paste in place
              Shift + H - Hide selection
              Alt + H = Unhide selection
              H = Show hidden geometry.

              I think my most invaluable one is changing Z from the zoom tool to View last camera position. This is especially useful in an interior or when getting stuck in a wall. I just tap Z and I'm back where I was.

              3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
              Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
              Content Creator at Skapeup

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
                last edited by

                I actually like and use the Zoom tool, it provides finer control than the mousewheel when I need it.

                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  Zooming AND setting the FOV (with the Shift key).

                  Gai...

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

                    W = Weld
                    X = Explode
                    H = Hidden Geometry
                    O = Offset
                    F = Follow Me
                    Shift + G = Group
                    EEby..... = 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9
                    CTRL + S = Fredoscale
                    V = Vertex Tools
                    Shift + O = Offset on Surface
                    Shift + L = Line on Surface
                    Shift + A = Arc on Surface
                    Shift + C = Circle on Surface
                    Shift + E = Erase on Surface

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                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                      jeff hammond
                      last edited by

                      I use all of the defaults (just became used to them over the years even if some aren't very logical.)
                      The self assigned ones are:

                      X - Xray
                      Shift X - Back edges
                      W - weld
                      Shift A- arc:center + 2pts
                      Shift H- hidden geometry
                      Shift V - paste in place
                      Shift B - B spline
                      U - follow me
                      J - jpp
                      Shift S - fredoscale
                      Shift space - select curve
                      Shift R - 3pt rectangle
                      Shift Z - zoom extents
                      V - protractor

                      dotdotdot

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                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                        jeff hammond
                        last edited by

                        [edit]
                        I made a [req] a while ago that I still think would be great.

                        Basically, I'd have a key or two [say #1 & 2] that I could assign to various tools depending on the project at hand.

                        Maybe I need to use fredostretch a lot for the day. I'd select stretch then maybe shift-1 and 1 would now be assigned to stretch. The next day I might need lathe quite a bit so I select the lathe tool then shift-1 and 1 is now lathe. And so on and so forth.

                        For some odd reason, it's just too big of an ordeal for me to do this via prefs so I just keep going to the icons. If this hot key idea were possible, I'm pretty sure I'd have shortcuts to lesser used functions much more often. (you know, the functions that you use once a month but when you do use them, you might use them 50 times)

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                        • Wo3DanW Offline
                          Wo3Dan
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          [edit]
                          ..... Basically, I'd have a key or two [say #1 & 2] that I could assign to various tools depending on the project at hand.
                          .......If this hot key idea were possible, I'm pretty sure I'd have shortcuts to lesser used functions much more often. (you know, the functions that you use once a month but when you do use them, you might use them 50 times)

                          Hi Jeff,
                          (not the perfect solution but) can't you do that with different shortcuts#1.dat to shortcuts#n.dat files. Depending on what you are planning for the day you import the appropriate *.dat file.
                          I'm not sure whether you need to restart SU again or wheter it is implemented instantly. But at least you could import a whole bunch of "project depending" shortcuts at once.
                          Once again, it's not perfect but it's worth a try.

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                          • J Offline
                            jaceguay
                            last edited by

                            I´ve made some shortcuts like Blender. Most shortcuts are positioned for stationary left hand in the keyboard. 😄

                            g = Move
                            v = Line
                            x = Delete
                            z = Section Plane
                            t = X-Ray
                            u = Unhide selected
                            h = Hide
                            f = Orbit
                            d = Pan
                            s = Zoom
                            a = Select none
                            r = Rotate
                            e = Eraser
                            w = Reverse face
                            q = Rectangle
                            Shift+F = Push-Pull
                            Shift+D = Tape measure Tool
                            Shift+A = Arc
                            Shift+E = Zoom extend
                            Shift+R = Zoom window
                            Shift+T = Fade rest of the model
                            Shift+Y = Fade similar components
                            Shift+W = Look arround
                            Ctrl+F = Folow me
                            Ctrl+R = Offset
                            Ctrl+D = Scale

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                            • J Offline
                              Jim
                              last edited by

                              @wo3dan said:

                              can't you do that with different shortcuts#1.dat to shortcuts#n.dat files. Depending on what you are planning for the day you import the appropriate *.dat file.

                              Nice idea Gerrit - it never occurred to me. I was thinking shortcut sets could be done using Windows registry hacks, similar to this.

                              Hi

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                              • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                jeff hammond
                                last edited by

                                hey Gerrit

                                on mac, this is possible via the .plist files as i keep these synced between 3 computers along with my plugin folder.
                                i do that so everything remains consistent but if i felt so inclined, i could have fully different sets of shortcuts that i could load relatively easily depending on the task..

                                that said, for the 1-2 variable hot keys, i think it would probably just be easier to assign them the normal way (but workflow wise, if it's not possible to script the hotkey idea, i guess i'll stick to using the toolbars/menus)

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                                • pyrolunaP Offline
                                  pyroluna
                                  last edited by

                                  I have just a few shortcuts, but I use them A Lot.

                                  F = Follow me
                                  D = Offset
                                  ` or Ctrl+F = Edit\item\zoom extents

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                                  • DavidBoulderD Offline
                                    DavidBoulder
                                    last edited by

                                    Here is my shortcut set for OpenStudio Plugin. I'm all about grouping common tools together vs. tryign to match the letter of the tool. (Selection tools together, modification tools together, view/camera tools, tools to create new objects)

                                    OpenStudio-shortcuts.png

                                    --

                                    David Goldwasser
                                    OpenStudio Developer
                                    National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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                                    • PixeroP Offline
                                      Pixero
                                      last edited by

                                      I have:

                                      Q = select
                                      W = move (alt+W = JSMoveTool)
                                      E = rotate
                                      R = scale
                                      T = tape
                                      U = arc
                                      O = offset
                                      P = pushpull
                                      A = zoom extents
                                      S = zoom selected
                                      G = group
                                      J = rotated rectangle
                                      K = rectangle
                                      L = line
                                      Ö = Left Click Reverse Face Tool (scrtool.rb)

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                                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                        jeff hammond
                                        last edited by

                                        Jan - really? no space bar Select?
                                        that's probably my favorite shortcut key to use 😄

                                        ..........

                                        not a keyboard shortcut but something else i have set up which is pretty sweet..

                                        i have the thumb mouse button set to regular orbit and the middle mouse button set to option/orbit which disables the gravity weighted navigation (ctrl/orbit on windows?)

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                                        • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                          jeff hammond
                                          last edited by

                                          here's a new one i've been testing out and i really think it's going to stick.. try it out

                                          (currently using N as that's become my test key for shortcuts but i'll think i'll assign it to an actual key shortly)

                                          Window/Show Dialogs (which will toggle with Hide Dialogs)

                                          reason.. i usually have the following windows stacked & collapsed on my screen and i open/close them as needed:
                                          entity info -- soften/smooth -- scenes -- shadows -- styles
                                          (and this will work with many of the other window dialogs as well)

                                          with this shortcut, i now leave all of the dialogs expanded down the right side of my screen then toggle the windows on/off via the keyboard which is a lot better than opening/closing with the mouse.. further, this allows for a wider drawing window.

                                          dotdotdot

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                                          • Chris FullmerC Offline
                                            Chris Fullmer
                                            last edited by

                                            I normally have that assigned to F-12. Its a good shortcut to keep around in my opinion.

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