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

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.

pilou · 5 Nov 2011, 22:28

@unknownuser said:

make a unique texture from a portion of another!

Seems only from the V7 and +

Bob James · 6 Nov 2011, 23:45

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

pilou · 7 Nov 2011, 00:31

Cool idea!

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

I am now at the page 7 on French Section !

derei · 7 Nov 2011, 07:40

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

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 ... maybe is not in vain

Gaieus · 7 Nov 2011, 08:42

@unknownuser said:

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.

HFM · 7 Nov 2011, 15:22

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

jeff hammond · 7 Nov 2011, 16:22

@unknownuser said:

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

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

derei · 7 Nov 2011, 16:28

@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 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.

pilou · 7 Nov 2011, 16:33

@unknownuser said:

Found out last week that you can also color lines in your model

you have a crazzy plug about that!
ChrisP_Color_edge By C Plassais

d12dozr · 7 Nov 2011, 18:49

@unknownuser said:

@unknownuser said:

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

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

You can use the Move tool on the cardinal points to change the radius of an extruded circle as well