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    • S Offline
      Slimdog
      last edited by

      Its interesting to see how many people have the standard large tool set docked in the same place. I am kinda shocked to see the layers pallet closed on most peoples. I have entity info and layers open all the time.

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      • EarthMoverE Offline
        EarthMover
        last edited by

        Here's mine. I try to organize toolbars by groupings. Drawing plugins together, mesh manipulation plugins together, render plugins together, etc. Since they tend to get scrambled so often, it's easier to remember the layout.


        Sketchup Printscreen.jpg


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        • Chris FullmerC Offline
          Chris Fullmer
          last edited by

          ok, here is mine. I use 2 monitorsat work. I keep all floating windows on my 2nd monitor.

          Like Gaieus I also use Sizer to get exact proportions to my SU window because I need to match image exports fairly often. My toolbars change a lot. I turn them on and off all the time. I uninstall plugins very often by moving them out of the plugins folder. Then put them back later when I need them again. I use my SU UI very dynamically, it would be awesome if it was built to be more flexible naturally instead of having to sort of run the show manually.

          SU_Screen.jpg

          Thanks for starting this thread John,

          Chris

          Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
          All my Plugins I've written

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          • Chris FullmerC Offline
            Chris Fullmer
            last edited by

            oh yeah, and my current plugins I have installed.

            SU_Screen2.jpg

            Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
            All my Plugins I've written

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            • cj_sniperC Offline
              cj_sniper
              last edited by

              here is mine...

              http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k606/cj_sniper/Untitled-1-2.jpg

              http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?viewer=0795900671129884296711450&scoring=m
              I'm not a magician, I just learn

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              • MarianM Offline
                Marian
                last edited by

                My setup


                desk.jpg


                desk1.jpg

                http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  @chris fullmer said:

                  ...My toolbars change a lot. I turn them on and off all the time. I uninstall plugins very often by moving them out of the plugins folder. Then put them back later when I need them again. I use my SU UI very dynamically, it would be awesome if it was built to be more flexible naturally instead of having to sort of run the show manually...

                  Ditto. I have many disabled toolbars and even disabled plugins which I use less frequently. Despite the very important and useful improvements with toolbar restore and such, I would also love to see some further development here.

                  Gai...

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                  • A Offline
                    ArCAD-UK
                    last edited by

                    I love the simplicity of the SU toolset and like to focus on getting the best out it by not having a cluttered workspace. Had that on previous softs. I also run very few plugins...


                    Capture.JPG

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                    • B Offline
                      Builder Boy
                      last edited by

                      @solo said:

                      Michael, you have many toolbars I have never seen before. 😲

                      I made some of them myself 😉

                      All my plugins

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                      • urgenU Offline
                        urgen
                        last edited by

                        ............su5
                        su5.jpg
                        .............su7
                        su7.jpg

                        --pupil forever...------

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                        • P Offline
                          Phil Rader AIA
                          last edited by

                          KISS....Keep it simple Silly....I can't stand more than one row of Icons. I rarely have the floating dialog items up unless I need them. And then as soon as I no longer need them they get closed. I'm all about screen real estate and I want the work area to be the biggest possible area.

                          Screen Resolution 1920x1200


                          GUI

                          http://www.philrader.com

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                            mozzie
                            last edited by

                            I'm not an intensive user - a lot of terrain work, and measuring. Some point cloud and DXF/DWG import export for survey details, and some rendering. I use specifiic plugins (Put on Layer, Pipe along path, co-ords tag, points cloud) extensively.<p>
                            Screen shot and Plugins folder below.
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                            Clipboard02.gif

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                            • L Offline
                              leminilab
                              last edited by

                              Hi,

                              I know it must be redundant but is there a solution to save the settings of the menu bar? 😕
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                              • Dave RD Offline
                                Dave R
                                last edited by

                                @leminilab said:

                                Hi,

                                I know it must be redundant but is there a solution to save the settings of the menu bar? 😕

                                Do you mean the toolbar positions? Yes, there is in version 8.

                                Etaoin Shrdlu

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                                • RonSR Offline
                                  RonS
                                  last edited by

                                  Here is mine.


                                  Sketchup Capture.JPG


                                  Sketchup plugin Capture.JPG

                                  Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
                                  Steve Jobs

                                  RonS

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                                  • halroachH Offline
                                    halroach
                                    last edited by

                                    I have dual screen setup at work.

                                    1. I put all the toolbars as crammed up as possible - trying to maintain their positions so I remember where everything is.
                                    2. the different windows I let float around on the second screen, because when they stick together, things get lost outside of the screen.
                                    3. I've got just about every key on the keyboard mapped to a function or plugin... If I've got something mapped I try to keep it's toolbar off.

                                    (I've got an idea for a separate thread for everybody's keyboard shortcuts, if that interests anyone)


                                    sketchup_toolbars_11_06_05_1600.jpg

                                    FlexTools - Super Quick Windows, Doors, Slats...

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                                    • Alan FraserA Offline
                                      Alan Fraser
                                      last edited by

                                      ... and mine.
                                      I really don't like to have the bars more than 2 icons wide/deep; I'd rather find them on the menus than take up any more real estate; and frankly, icons are harder to find the more rows and columns you have...and all those slight delays add up. However, the 3 palettes are open all the time. It would be nice if you could crush the Materials a little smaller, but there seems to be a limit beyond which it won't shrink any further.


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                                      • B Offline
                                        bjornkn
                                        last edited by

                                        And here's mine - single screen.
                                        It has never been so crowded before, because I have used very few plugins in the past. Now I'm trying out a lot of them, and probably I'll remove those that I don't use. And I'll probably move that right side single bar to the left side and make it a 3-col? I use shortcuts for everything, including show/hide dialogs/panels, so it's quick to get a clean screen.


                                        Clipboard-37.jpg

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                                        • PixeroP Offline
                                          Pixero
                                          last edited by

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          @pixero said:

                                          I recently started to use a three icons wide toolbar at the right side

                                          Looks to me it's on the left side. 😒
                                          not if Im standing on my head. 😛

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                                          • jbacusJ Offline
                                            jbacus
                                            last edited by

                                            Just realized that I haven't shown you MY SketchUp yet. You'll probably all think this is kind of funny, but it is the honest truth. This is really how I use SketchUp– and I do use it pretty frequently, too. I have keyboard shortcuts memorized for the small number of tools I use, and use a keyboard shortcut (q, for no particular reason) to toggle my panels on and off.

                                            john
                                            .

                                            jbacus-sketchup-screenshot

                                            "...exaggerate the essential and leave the obvious unclear." --Vincent Van Gogh

                                            John Bacus
                                            jbacus@sketchup.com

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