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  • J Offline
    Jim
    last edited by 16 Nov 2010, 16:09

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

    Hi

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    • P Offline
      pyroluna
      last edited by 17 Nov 2010, 00:15

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

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      • J Offline
        Jim
        last edited by 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.)

        Hi

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        • G Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by 4 Dec 2010, 06:16

          I just realised it the other day myself, too. πŸ˜„

          Gai...

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          • D Offline
            david_h
            last edited by 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. . .. 😳 πŸ’š

            I'm okay now. . .


            Why I am an idiot.PNG

            If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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              Jim
              last edited by 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.

              Hi

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                thomthom
                last edited by 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. πŸ˜„

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                  thomthom
                  last edited by 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.

                  Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    rv1974
                    last edited by 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!

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                      Gaieus
                      last edited by 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???!!! πŸŽ‰

                      Gai...

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                      • P Offline
                        pilou
                        last edited by 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! 😳 😳 😳

                        Frenchy Pilou
                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                        My Little site :)

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                        • boofredlayB Offline
                          boofredlay
                          last edited by 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]

                          http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                          • DanielD Offline
                            Daniel
                            last edited by 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. 😳

                            My avatar is an anachronism.

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                              Bob James
                              last edited by 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 πŸ‘Š
                              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.

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                                Jim
                                last edited by 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.

                                Hi

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                                  pilou
                                  last edited by 5 Nov 2011, 22:28

                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  make a unique texture from a portion of another!

                                  Seems only from the V7 and + πŸ˜‰

                                  Frenchy Pilou
                                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                  My Little site :)

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                                  • Bob JamesB Offline
                                    Bob James
                                    last edited by 6 Nov 2011, 23:45

                                    SU Duh.pdfCompilation of DUHs
                                    This is an unedited regurgitation of all of the DUH items. Some are repeated.

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                                      pilou
                                      last edited by 7 Nov 2011, 00:31

                                      Cool idea! 😎

                                      I will translate it when I arrive at this page! πŸ˜„ (in fact a sort of speedy copy / past because ...

                                      I am now at the page 7 on French Section ! πŸ’š

                                      Frenchy Pilou
                                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                      My Little site :)

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                                      • dereiD Offline
                                        derei
                                        last edited by 7 Nov 2011, 07:40

                                        What the... 😲?
                                        6.I could change the radius of a circle that's been extruded - maybe using Scale Tool πŸ˜•
                                        19. finding that by holding the spacebar down you can control the zoom in so you don't zip past the
                                        object your zooming to
                                        - really ? It doesn't seem to happen anything different when I zoom and keep spacebar pressed.

                                        ...and the list can continue.
                                        Maybe those should be verified, or given more detailed explanations. After all, its purpose is to teach the noobs, not to confuse them more πŸ’š

                                        EDIT:
                                        22. Also, any selection that only contains a single entity (not only a line) cannot be made a
                                        component (or group) this way. If you select a sphere (with a bounding box), there's a single
                                        "surface" selected only and you right click to turn it into a group/component in vain.
                                        - try pressing G or use the Make Component icon ... πŸ˜‰ maybe is not in vain

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                                          Gaieus
                                          last edited by 7 Nov 2011, 08:42

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          1. Also, any selection that only contains a single entity (not only a line) cannot be made a
                                            component (or group) this way. If you select a sphere (with a bounding box), there's a single
                                            "surface" selected only and you right click to turn it into a group/component in vain. - try pressing G or use the Make Component icon ... maybe is not in vain

                                          That's true - thus the inconsistency. SU should work the same way no matter where we access the same tool.

                                          Gai...

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