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    • Mike LuceyM Offline
      Mike Lucey
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      SmillaEnlarger 0.9.0 MAC
      http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/31807/smillaenlarger

      Very handy for detailed zoom of image sections πŸ‘


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        tfdesign
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        What a great App! Thanks for sharing that Mike! πŸ˜„

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          tfdesign
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          @unknownuser said:

          Note: Free Ruler is only available for Mac OS X. It may work on Mac OS 9, but this has not been tested. It most definitely will not work on your stupid Windows PC.
          😲 🀣

          Actually, this app would be useful if it actually stayed on top! 😑

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          • Mike LuceyM Offline
            Mike Lucey
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            Tom,

            I find RulerX better http://homepage.mac.com/kyasu/soft/

            and to keep things 'on top' I use

            AFLOAT
            http://infinite-labs.net/afloat/
            http://youtu.be/qSLTfII8ClU

            Mike

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            • Mike LuceyM Offline
              Mike Lucey
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              Its tricky the find the download. See attached image πŸ‘


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                tfdesign
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                Hi Mike. I just tried that app, but it almost froze my computer. πŸ˜•

                Did you check your PM? πŸ˜„

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                • Mike LuceyM Offline
                  Mike Lucey
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                  Yep, and thanks πŸ˜‰

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                    driven
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                    hands up if you ever do this on your Mac

                    I've been doing a lot of research to write a ruby or applescript that lets me quickly view 2 or more models for various reasons, known only to Mac users ο£Ώ πŸ˜‰

                    however I just found this, downloaded and tested and it's great, Free trial and a whole $5 if you like it...
                    I;m still going to try and write my own SU specific plugin, but in the mean time...
                    BTW, it also has grid selection, if you want 3 or more....
                    http://manytricks.com/moom/
                    anyhow thought I'd share as the search here says no-ones mentioned it before.

                    have fun

                    john

                    learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                    • Mike LuceyM Offline
                      Mike Lucey
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                      Thanks John, downloaded, installed and tested ...... will keep it πŸ‘ Well worth the $5!

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                        recent acquisitions from the App Store:

                        MsgFiler: a Mail plugin that helps to move files.
                        Savings: personal finance
                        Radium: internet radio player
                        Contacts Cleaner: basically helps you keep your address book tidy and without duplicates
                        Cloud: allows you to share images, links, music, videos and files

                        edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre β€’ brasil
                        http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                          mptak
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                          I can see great potential in this one especially for making transparent "flipbooks" in PNG format for overlaying on a sketchup model.

                          pencil-animation.org

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                          • Mike LuceyM Offline
                            Mike Lucey
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                            Hi Guys,

                            While looking for a simple 'one trick pony' app to simply crop pics I came across Kroper. It does just that and no more. Just drop the image in and 'krop it'. It can be downloaded here, http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/35241/kroper Oh, and its free!

                            Mike


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                            • jeff hammondJ Offline
                              jeff hammond
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                              definitely the best 3rd party utility app i own: Keyboard Maestro

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                              Keyboard Maestro 11.0.4: Work Faster with Macros for macOS

                              Keyboard Maestro is the leading software for macOS automation. It will increase business productivity by using macros (or short cuts) with simple keystrokes.

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                              (www.keyboardmaestro.com)

                              it's a macro editor/creator which works very well with sketchup..
                              [for instance, i have a macro which will (open component, select all, explode, explode again, generate faces(tos),exit component edit) all with one keystroke]

                              i have it set up to do a few more things as well and hope to incorporate it more in the future (im just a little hesitant to set up 50 macros at once as i'll probably forget them.. i generally try one or two new ones a week)

                              worth checking out though..


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                              • Mike LuceyM Offline
                                Mike Lucey
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                                Hi Guys,

                                I came across this useful little 'stand alone' app called iSplash. What it does? 'Choose any image and iSplash will turn it to grayscale. Then, choose any part of the image to restore the original color.'

                                Its on sale at the moment for 99cent, normal price is $4.99.

                                Attached is an image of my mate Val standing beside a statue of Mr Picasso in Torremolinos ..... notice the strong resemblance .... Val now think they must be related πŸ˜„

                                Mike

                                PS: Val woke up that morning missing a tooth! He couldn't remember how it happened πŸ˜’


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                                  re: the keyboard maestro app i mentioned a few posts back..

                                  here's an example of it being used to divide a single group into 110 individual groups (via a thread here at scf)

                                  http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=336059#p336059

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                                  • Mike LuceyM Offline
                                    Mike Lucey
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                                    Hi Guys,

                                    The more of those useful little apps I accumulate the more difficult it is becoming to locate them in Applications! I often find that I know what the application I am looking for actually does BUT for the live of me I often can't remember its name! I did a search around for an answer and found Tab Launcher for 99cent! http://tablauncher.com/index.html

                                    I've installed it and sorted out 8 tabs that cover the various types of apps I use. It was just a case of then dropping in the various apps. No more searching around or trying to remember the apps name!

                                    Mike


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                                    • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                      jeff hammond
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                                      @mike
                                      That's how lion is goingto be setup. Apple is taking some of their iOS stuff and putting it in osx.
                                      Namely, the way you can organize your apps on an iPhone will now be possible on the computers (supposedly with a better way to launch said apps as well via launchpad)

                                      I guess we'll find out soon enough.

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                                      • Mike LuceyM Offline
                                        Mike Lucey
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                                        I won't try Lion for at least a couple of months after launch πŸ˜‰

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                                        • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                          jeff hammond
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                                          yeah, i hear you.
                                          i've always done that in the past (didn't go to snow leopard until 1.6.5 for instance) but i have 3 computers now and i'm looking forward to a few of the new lion features so i'm going to be an early adopter this time around.. at least on one of the computers πŸ˜‰

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                                          • Mike LuceyM Offline
                                            Mike Lucey
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                                            This app is very like PhotoSketcher the free app for Windows. Initially I thought it was by the same company. However I now believe its
                                            not.

                                            On the Sketcher site the app is priced at €11.40 plus tax. But, its available at €5.49 on an intro offer at the App Store! I've been a bit envious of the nice output from the Win users with PhotoSketcher but not any longer as I think Sketcher has more bells and whistles even if it cost €5.49. http://neatberry.com/products/sketcher/

                                            Mike


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