Start SU in select mode tool

[lecra]

Hi all,

I'm wondering how to make possible to start SU in selecting mode instead of the draw line mode.

Was searching for that but nothing found. Even in the settings there is no possibility to do that.

Any suggestions?

KR;Lecra

[mwm5053]

From where I learned SU, SRWW--Chiefwoodworker's Blog.

You will need both scripts to make it work. Check out his layers tool and construction plus I use them all the time.

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startup.rb

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smustard-app-observer.rb

[TIG]

It's easy enough to set this up yourself...
Add this one line into a new file called !.rb in the Plugins folder...
[The '!' means it loads early]
require 'sketchup.rb';Sketchup.send_action("selectSelectionTool:")
The opening SKP will start with that tool set.
Add extra lines or substitute another tool - here's the list of '.send_action' possibilities [there a few undocumented ones but your unlikely to be worried about those anyway...]
http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/sketchup.html#send_action

[pbacot]

Mine does that already, but in the past I think it had a pencil...

Except when it has no tool: when I first launch SU nothing works without selecting a tool. Subsequent opens, the select tool is active. I think it is a plugin loading, and do not bother with it.

[Jean Lemire]

Hi folks.

I can see the logic in starting with the Penciltool since, when starting SketchUp (SU), the file is empty because there is no geometry in the model, hence nothing to select but the need to draw something.

If you double click on a SU file, it start SU and load the file and SU is set in Select Mode since now, there is something to select, unless you start with an empty model in which case SU will start with the Penciltool.

All this is Logic IMHO.

Just ideas

[lecra]

Jean,

You are right, but if you start SU with the provided icon and you wants to open a sketchup file you are still in drawing mode. That's no logic behind
I was making a lot of mistakes starting and selecting somethings but instead of that I was always drawing some lines.
BTW, most of the time I start with a box and not with lines.

@TIG

You are my hero! This is exactly that was I was searching for! Thank you also for the list. Can use it maybe for create some toolbars entries.

Many thanks guy's for answering so fast.

KR; Lecra