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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

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

      Gai...

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      • david_hD Offline
        david_h
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        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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        • J Offline
          Jim
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          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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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
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            @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˜„

            Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
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              @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
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                rv1974
                last edited by

                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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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  @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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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
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                    @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
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                      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]

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                      • DanielD Offline
                        Daniel
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                        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 JamesB Offline
                          Bob James
                          last edited by

                          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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                          • J Offline
                            Jim
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                            @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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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
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                              @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

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

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                                • pilouP Offline
                                  pilou
                                  last edited by

                                  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

                                    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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                                    • GaieusG Offline
                                      Gaieus
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                                      @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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                                      • H Offline
                                        HFM
                                        last edited by

                                        Found out last week that you can also color lines in your model 😲
                                        It even works with custom drawing styles πŸ˜„


                                        Colored lines ^^

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                                        • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                          jeff hammond
                                          last edited by

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          What the... 😲?
                                          6.I could change the radius of a circle that's been extruded - maybe using Scale Tool πŸ˜•

                                          you can change the radius via the entity info dialog.. the same way you would change the radius of a circle except that it also works if the circle has been extruded

                                          dotdotdot

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                                          • dereiD Offline
                                            derei
                                            last edited by

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            you can change the radius via the entity info dialog.. the same way you would change the radius of a circle except that it also works if the circle has been extruded

                                            Heh, that's cool πŸ˜„ Inattentional blindness is to blame... I've seen that number of segments is grayed-out, and I didn't seen that the radius is fully editable.

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