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    • G Offline
      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


              2011-12-29_143155.jpg


              2011-12-29_145057.jpg


              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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                    • M Offline
                      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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                      • C Offline
                        Charlie__V
                        last edited by

                        File............Print..........Tabbed Scene Print Range......SCENES FROM////////////DOH!

                        A doh! moment because:
                        1)I always thought/assumed single scene output(single image/not anim. export)achieved only via EXPORT 2D...... .png/jpg etc.

                        2)I had no idea scene tabs alone could be "printed".......in order of course.........2x DOH!

                        Best,
                        Charlie

                        Precision M1710/Win 7 Pro 64 bit/i-7 6920 Quad core 2.9 Ghz -3.8/16Gb ram/NVIDIA M5000M 8Gb

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                        • jeff hammondJ Offline
                          jeff hammond
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          File............Print..........Tabbed Scene Print Range......SCENES FROM////////////DOH!

                          wait.. what?
                          didn't know you could do that... neat

                          [no such thing on mac.. and if there is, i'm about to have a big doh moment]

                          dotdotdot

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                          • C Offline
                            Charlie__V
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            @unknownuser said:

                            File............Print..........Tabbed Scene Print Range......SCENES FROM////////////DOH!

                            wait.. what?
                            didn't know you could do that... neat

                            [no such thing on mac.. and if there is, i'm about to have a big doh moment]

                            Jeff.
                            Yup (MS 7).....and of course I hope,......you have same option in Mac world. (see attached)


                            Tabs_Print_MS 7

                            Precision M1710/Win 7 Pro 64 bit/i-7 6920 Quad core 2.9 Ghz -3.8/16Gb ram/NVIDIA M5000M 8Gb

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              So you can make easily a real "flip book" 😉

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

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                              • ToboboT Offline
                                Tobobo
                                last edited by

                                I always used to export animation as jpegs with no transition or scene time.

                                Toby

                                Philippians 4:13

                                I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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                                • jgbJ Offline
                                  jgb
                                  last edited by

                                  I've had several cases where I had to modify a component which I could not see clearly because of the external surrounding structure. Layering and hiding was not a good solution, as I needed some externals as reference to the edits, and then all that relayering and hiding had to be reversed out.

                                  Select the component and any reference externals and simply Move/Copy them well into free space.

                                  Do the edits, using temporary layers and hides only on the copies as needed.

                                  When done, delete the copies and any temp layers.


                                  jgb

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                                  • kenK Offline
                                    ken
                                    last edited by

                                    Well I can thank DaveR for the "Duh". In another thread he convinced me that using components was the only way to model. So I made a series of components that I wanted to keep in my template file. So modeling away, I had a nice bunch of components for future use.

                                    So I cleaned up the screen because I wanted a clean screen when I open the template file. Than I purged the model components because I didn't want any components that I didn't need in the template and saved the file as template to use.

                                    So, need I say more. The template had no components. "Duh".

                                    Thanks Dave, you did me a favor, I just forgot how to use Sketchup.

                                    Fight like your the third monkey on Noah's Ark gangway.

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                                    • cottyC Offline
                                      cotty
                                      last edited by

                                      My Duh! of the day was in this thread: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8046

                                      • Use the eraser tool to select some edges
                                      • Don't release the left mouse button
                                      • Click the spacebar
                                      • Release the left mouse button and the selection still remains without deletion

                                      my SketchUp gallery

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                                      • GaieusG Offline
                                        Gaieus
                                        last edited by

                                        That does not really deserve a "Duh". Although it is obviously an extremely nifty trick, that is not the intended use of the autoselect function of the Eraser tool.

                                        So I would have not been ashamed if I had not known about it yet (and I also learned it from the forums of course)

                                        Gai...

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                                        • C Offline
                                          Charlie__V
                                          last edited by

                                          Not sure if this qualify's as a Duh!

                                          & perhaps mentioned before..........though I do not recall seeing it.

                                          I have frequently experienced a "slow save" on certain models and not so much on others.

                                          While working my current model with lots & lots of bolts/nuts/washers..it occured to me that the delay in save may be tied to the "redefine thumbnail on save" option in...........Model info>>>>>File>>>>>Redefine Thumbnail on save.

                                          Sure enough.......un-ticking the "redefine thumbnail on save" resulted in a 10x faster "save" than with this selected.

                                          For me the thumbnail being current is no concern......I prefer the quick "save"

                                          Best,
                                          Charlie
                                          PS............wonder if this contributes to the Bugsplat on save/close??

                                          Precision M1710/Win 7 Pro 64 bit/i-7 6920 Quad core 2.9 Ghz -3.8/16Gb ram/NVIDIA M5000M 8Gb

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                                          • Wo3DanW Offline
                                            Wo3Dan
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks Gaieus, you've sent me here because I've up until now completely missed the "always face camera" component method you provided here:
                                            http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=43251
                                            😲

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