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    • C Offline
      cordless101
      last edited by

      I just noticed that when orbiting with the wheel, if you hold down the left button it turns to pan. I really like that, don't have to use the keyboard to pan.

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      • plot-parisP Offline
        plot-paris
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        @cordless101 said:

        I just noticed that when orbiting with the wheel, if you hold down the left button it turns to pan. I really like that, don't have to use the keyboard to pan.

        Wow, I really have to try that!

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          mirale999
          last edited by

          I noticed that the text tool have the second use to place a label on the screen: you can just select the tool and put the icon to the blank place and click...
          You can write:copyright xxx~
          I know someone have known that, but to me it's a big shock, and drives me to find more new method to use sketchup.

          And I realized the "paste in place" can be used between different files in October this year.

          paranoia is a higher form of awareness...

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            mirale999
            last edited by

            One more Duh:
            If you are using a draw tool- drawing a line or a rectangle or an arc etc, and you've just drawn a first point,
            you can now use the camera tool like walk, position camera, look around etc, to change your view, and then again use the draw tool,
            your first point won't lose, you can finish your line or rectangle~ 😎

            Below is a short example(a small video)

            test.gif

            If you are working in a narrow space, it's useful~

            paranoia is a higher form of awareness...

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              @unknownuser said:

              your first point won't lose, you can finish your line

              Seems it's valuable with all tools of visualisation 😉
              CLick on mouse wheel, + Shift and move etc...

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

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                gr8fzy1
                last edited by

                Also, this is an older one, but:

                I knew that if you used the push pull on a face and typed in a pull length, it would push/pull to that length. Double clicking on the face or another face would repeat the push/pull again. But it took me forever to realize that that was on just WHITE faces...if you double clicked the push/pull on a BLUE face, it would push/pull the exact OPPOSITE direction!

                Example: Pull a white face up on the blue axis two feet. Double click on another white face, it repeats. Double click on a BLUE face, it SUBTRACTS two feet.

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                  gr8fzy1
                  last edited by

                  OMG, the K key makes back edges visible! How could I have used this thing for 2 years and discover that NOW?!?

                  I feel like Superman now with my X-ray vision!

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                  • cottyC Offline
                    cotty
                    last edited by

                    @gr8fzy1 said:

                    ...Double click on another white face, it repeats. Double click on a BLUE face, it SUBTRACTS two feet.

                    It is always in the direction of the positive face normal (white=front).

                    my SketchUp gallery

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                      cordless101
                      last edited by

                      @gr8fzy1 said:

                      OMG, the K key makes back edges visible! How could I have used this thing for 2 years and discover that NOW?!?

                      I feel like Superman now with my X-ray vision!

                      Thanks! Great tip for me.

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
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                        @gr8fzy1 said:

                        OMG, the K key makes back edges visible! How could I have used this thing for 2 years and discover that NOW?!?

                        I feel like Superman now with my X-ray vision!

                        hehe - I ran into this a couple of months ago my self. Thought initially I'd activated X-Ray mode, and kept tapping the X key, couldn't work out what what going on. doubleduh!

                        (Today's not-quite SketchUp duh... or doh!: Tried to orbit a png file... tried to pinch the monitor, because my laptop got touchscreen and my "smart"phone. x_X not the best of days...)

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

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
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                          @gr8fzy1 said:

                          OMG, the K key makes back edges visible! How could I have used this thing for 2 years and discover that NOW?!?

                          I feel like Superman now with my X-ray vision!

                          SU did not even have back edges 2 years ago - only since last September. 😄

                          @gr8fzy1 said:

                          I knew that if you used the push pull on a face and typed in a pull length, it would push/pull to that length. Double clicking on the face or another face would repeat the push/pull again. But it took me forever to realize that that was on just WHITE faces...if you double clicked the push/pull on a BLUE face, it would push/pull the exact OPPOSITE direction!

                          Also be very careful with this feature. When you draw a shape on the ground plane, it has its back face up. Now PP it to a height - it will suddenly reverse that pushpulled face and it will be a front face. Now repeating the operation by double clicking will PP it back but also your 2D shape disappears since it's PP'd to the (now) opposite parallel face (just like when you PP an opening)

                          Gai...

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                            gr8fzy1
                            last edited by

                            @gaieus said:

                            SU did not even have back edges 2 years ago - only since last September. 😄

                            Yay, so that takes ONE year off my duncery! Thanks Gaieus! Shakes hand

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                            • jeff hammondJ Offline
                              jeff hammond
                              last edited by

                              i recently had an actual duh using sketchup.. (and i thought i was done with duhs 😄)

                              often when moving or drawing, i'll need to get an inference to get my direction set then type in the distance value.

                              well, in many situations, getting the inference requires some zooming/orbiting in order to get a a lock on an axis due to other the other geometry in the object grabbing endpoints/mids/etc..

                              there are situations however when i can easily get the axis lock if i move in the opposite direction because i don't have any geometry on that side..

                              so, the duh i had is that i can start moving/drawing in the easy_to_catch inference direction then type in a negative value in the measurement box ( **−**64" etc) in which case the object will move in the desired direction..

                              i actually came across this from using rhino a lot lately which often requires you to use negative values to get things going in a certain direction.. i'll post an example .skp later which demonstrates this advantage..

                              there are other cases where this can be very useful as well but i'm a bit long winded already..

                              [edit — ok.. one simple quicky example of alternative uses.. ]
                              untitled.jpg

                              dotdotdot

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                              • cottyC Offline
                                cotty
                                last edited by

                                Some little Doh!s about the text tool (they all are in the online manual, but who read it?!):

                                • If you doubleclick a face with the text-tool, the text is connected to that face without a leader line (not as screen text!)
                                • Leader text have two styles (View Based and Pushpin) changeable in the element info window (and I like the view based (not standard) much more...)
                                • By clicking on an corner of a group or a component the name of that element is shown
                                • Double click on enter ends editing of text
                                • ...

                                my SketchUp gallery

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                                • jeff hammondJ Offline
                                  jeff hammond
                                  last edited by

                                  ^ a little more on text that wasn't immediately obvious to me..

                                  you can edit text via entity info and change the font/size/color from there on individual text items..
                                  aside from pushpin or view based for leader text, there's also a choice for 'hidden' in the text's entity info dialog (not the checkbox 'hidden' which hides the whole thing.. rather the 'hidden' available in the leader popup..)

                                  using that option will allow you to place something that looks like screen text except it stays in the position of leader text.. (i.e.- it's like screen text except you can pan it etc..)

                                  dotdotdot

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                                  • charly2008C Offline
                                    charly2008
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi,

                                    Also, I had again a Duh moment yesterday in thread: InnerBevel

                                    http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=41649&p=374612&hilit=inner+bevel # p374612

                                    The method ... Convert arcs to cylinders is very suitable for engraving maybe also for carvings.

                                    Charly


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                                    Untitled.skp


                                    2011-12-29_145057.jpg


                                    2011-12-29_143155.jpg


                                    Schnitzerei.jpg

                                    He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                    • charly2008C Offline
                                      charly2008
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi,

                                      I became aware of it now. When a group or one component is selected in Sketchup 8, the entire contents are also displayed in blue color.

                                      Charly


                                      Sketchup 7


                                      Sketchup 8

                                      He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                      • thomthomT Offline
                                        thomthom
                                        last edited by

                                        Not if you check this preference:
                                        Hihglight.png

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

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                                        • charly2008C Offline
                                          charly2008
                                          last edited by

                                          @thomthom said:

                                          Not if you check this preference:
                                          [attachment=0:1roooad7]<!-- ia0 -->Hihglight.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1roooad7]

                                          A new Duh moment, thanks Thomas.

                                          Charly

                                          He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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                                            mk11
                                            last edited by

                                            Just figured out... For those of you using a Logitech multi-button mouse... map the back or zoom buttom to "middle-click", you can orbit with that button, click back+ left click to pan and lets you keep the middle wheel for zoom - fastest way to navigate ever because you can orbit/pan/zoom at the same time!

                                            Marc Kleinmann
                                            SU Pro 2015
                                            Mac & Win

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