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    • Chris FullmerC Offline
      Chris Fullmer
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      I normally have that assigned to F-12. Its a good shortcut to keep around in my opinion.

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        Arx
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        Space - Select
        Shift + Space - Move
        Ctrl + Space - Rotate
        Alt + Space - PushPull
        ~ - Get Dimensions Plugin
        Shift + ~ - Model Info
        Alt + Z - Tape Mesure
        Shift + Z - Rectangle Tool
        H - Hide Rest of Model

        That way the most frequently used tools are all under my left hand, so I don't even have to look at the keyboard to use them.

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
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          DavidBoulder's image of his key assignments makes me think it would be nice to have a keyboard with the various tool icons instead of letters.

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          • thomthomT Offline
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            @dave r said:

            DavidBoulder's image of his key assignments makes me think it would be nice to have a keyboard with the various tool icons instead of letters.

            If you have a few greens to spare...
            http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/

            http://img.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/optimus_maximus_01w.jpg

            If you go to the Demo page you can see a layout for Photoshop.
            http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/demo/

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            • thomthomT Offline
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              http://img.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-tactus/optitact-color.jpg

              http://img.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-tactus/optitact-side.jpg

              Apparently it will be cheaper than the Optimus because it doesn't have a screen per key.

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
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                Though I'm not sure how nice it would be to use a keyboard without physical keys... maybe just a habit adjustment...?

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
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                  Cool! But $2400US. 😲

                  That would be really neat in conjunction with that tablet I'm eying.

                  I was thinking a bit lower tech. Like a keyboard with transparent key covers that could be removed and little icons printed on paper inserted.

                  ThinkGeek shows it at $1600US but not available.

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
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                    That could be cool. I see your point but you could make it so frequently used keys are bigger or in easier to reach locations.

                    Even the Aux which appears to be only a prototype would be good.

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                    • thomthomT Offline
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                      It can display video on its surface. ...so maybe a 3d model...?

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
                        last edited by

                        That would be neat.

                        I was looking at the Project Blog and there's a compact keyboard in the works with larger displays on the keys (64x64) and expected to sell for under $1000US. Of course that was from June. Who knows what's really going to be available.

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                        • DavidBoulderD Offline
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                          I had thought it would be a nice interface to assign keyboard shortcuts to have a keyboard image that you could just drag tools into vs. the current method. Another thing that would be nice (short of improved GUI to assign keyboard shortcuts) is a plugin that would generate a keyboard shortcut screenshot based on your current settings.

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
                            last edited by

                            David, those are great ideas. There's a plugin to generate a list of the assigned keyboard shortcuts. I wonder if it is possible to make a plugin that would paste PNG images at specified coordinates over a drawing of the keyboard.

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                            • EarthMoverE Offline
                              EarthMover
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                              Drumming up an old thread....but is there anyway to access a list of assigned keyboard shortcuts and perhaps export them as .csv? I'm teaching my wife Sketchup and want to get her used to the shortcuts I have setup, but am being too lazy to write them all down.

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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
                                last edited by

                                There's a plugin that will create a list of the assigned shortcuts. I think it is called shortcuts.rb. I'll see if I can find the link.

                                Here you go: http://rld.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=373

                                You can then copy the shortcuts from the list and paste them into whatever sort of document you want.

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

                                  There's also this....

                                  http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=266379#p266379

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                                    numerobis
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                                    i have my standart modeling tools assigned to mouse buttons in combination with "shift", "strg" and "alt" (the mouse buttons no.3-5 have assigned the function keys "F3", and "F8" and "F10" assigned)
                                    I can select them without thinking. It's more like finger gestures that happen automatically.
                                    The resulting combinations are at the moment:

                                    F3..........................pointer/select
                                    F3+shift.................push/pull
                                    F3+ctrl...................mirror selection (plugin)
                                    F3+alt....................line
                                    F8..........................move
                                    F8+shift.................rotate
                                    F8+ctrl..................scale
                                    F8+alt...................rectangle
                                    F3+shift+ctrl..........tape measure
                                    F3+shift+alt...........circle
                                    F8+shift+ctrl..........fredo scale - box scaling
                                    F8+ctrl+alt............follow me
                                    F3+shift+ctrl+alt....paint bucket
                                    F8+shift+ctrl+alt....offset

                                    and some keyboard only:

                                    ^............................reverse face
                                    X............................toggle x-ray
                                    Q............................remove all materials
                                    H............................toggle hidden geometry
                                    G............................make group
                                    G+shift...................make component
                                    v............................field of view
                                    z............................zoom extends

                                    T+shift+ctrl............uv-frontface to backface
                                    T+shift+alt.............uv-backface to frontface
                                    T+shift+ctrl+alt......delete backside material

                                    and some standart shortcuts like
                                    shift+ctrl+v............paste in place
                                    T............................top view
                                    .
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