The "Duh!" thread (aka the Doh! thread)

spence · 12 Nov 2010, 18:54

One of my many many "Duh" moments came when I found out that while using the Paint Bucket Tool you could hold down Shift to paint all that match or hold Ctrl to paint all connected. I use this often.

Boy I have learned a lot of new stuff from this thread

Tobobo · 16 Nov 2010, 12:03

@unknownuser said:

@unknownuser said:

Using the Entity Ifon box you can increase the length of a line

In what side? Good or false?

The changes its length in the same direction it has been drawn. it has to be unattached at one end, and that is the end the lengthens or shortens.

Jim · 16 Nov 2010, 16:09

Has any one here also thought of compiling/organizing this thread into a more readable format? Wiki? Print?

pyroluna · 17 Nov 2010, 00:15

well... there's a sketchup-wiki in Dutch... so... yay! for Dutch people

Jim · 3 Dec 2010, 12:58

Today I learned you can use the arrow keys to precisely move the selection in Paint.NET. (Holding Ctrl moves it by 10 pixels.)

Gaieus · 4 Dec 2010, 06:16

I just realised it the other day myself, too.

david_h · 26 May 2011, 18:38

I've been taken to task just now on this one. . . I asked for a plugin to toggle the Construction lines on and off. . .turns out it's in the view menu. . .

WHICH I NEVER USE BY THE WAY!!!!

Hide Construction lines

This is so humiliating. . ..

I'm okay now. . .

Jim · 14 Sept 2011, 08:32

I just learned that Edit > Delete Guides is context-sensitive - it deletes guides all guides starting from the current editing context and deeper, but not from "higher" level contexts. I had always thought it always deleted all guides, everywhere.

thomthom · 14 Sept 2011, 08:46

@jim said:

I just learned that Edit > Delete Guides is context-sensitive - it deletes guides all guides starting from the current editing context and deeper, but not from "higher" level contexts. I had always thought it always deleted all guides, everywhere.

I had that same realization a couple of weeks ago.

thomthom · 14 Sept 2011, 12:03

@rv1974 said:

If Thom is already here..
Only last week I discovered know that double clicking on blue balloons (edge tools-inspect gaps) actually close the gaps.
Great tool!

Ah, yea it's not that obvious - I had further plans for the UI. (also for CleanUp), but they've been down-prioritized.
btw, no need to doubleclick - single click is enough.

rv1974 · 14 Sept 2011, 13:30

If Thom is already here..
Only last week I discovered that double clicking on blue balloons (edge tools-inspect gaps) actually close the gaps.
Great tool!

Gaieus · 15 Sept 2011, 21:32

@jim said:

I just learned that Edit > Delete Guides is context-sensitive - it deletes guides all guides starting from the current editing context and deeper, but not from "higher" level contexts. I had always thought it always deleted all guides, everywhere.

Doh.

@rv1974 said:

Only last week I discovered that double clicking on blue balloons (edge tools-inspect gaps) actually close the gaps.

What???!!!

pilou · 12 Oct 2011, 21:04

@unknownuser said:

Being able to select only a few edges from a face and offset them instead of the whole face.

Yes but edges must be selected without discontinuity!

boofredlay · 13 Oct 2011, 14:16

Something I just learned a couple days ago while studying the Google Earth Modeling videos.
D'oh, never knew that you could make a unique texture from a portion of another!

[flash=853,505:84crs2i3]http://www.youtube.com/v/18r2sCMUSBU&fs=1[/flash:84crs2i3]

Daniel · 5 Nov 2011, 18:17

I've always known about hiding geometry by holding the shift key with the eraser, but last week I just noticed the "hidden" check box on the entity info window.

Bob James · 5 Nov 2011, 19:31

Never paid any attention to this thread until today

@tig said:

.....select all faces with the same material as the one highlighted... then RickW pointed out that it is already a standard built-in tool under Select...

OMG I soooo needed this yesterday
This thread is one of the greatest tutorials ever made!
Now to Page 1 and read (and write down) all of the golden nuggets in this thread.

Jim · 5 Nov 2011, 21:40

@bob james said:

This thread is one of the greatest tutorials ever made!

Yeah, this thread would make a great mini-pub for SCF. I'd probably even buy a tree-ware version as I can't retain online info as well as I can with a good sit with a book.