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  • J Offline
    jeff hammond
    last edited by 22 Dec 2011, 14:20

    ^ 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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      charly2008
      last edited by 29 Dec 2011, 13:56

      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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      He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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        charly2008
        last edited by 10 Jan 2012, 13:16

        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


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        Sketchup 8

        He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing

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          thomthom
          last edited by 10 Jan 2012, 13:27

          Not if you check this preference:
          Hihglight.png

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

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            charly2008
            last edited by 10 Jan 2012, 13:52

            @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 16 Jan 2012, 04:45

              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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                Charlie__V
                last edited by 17 Jan 2012, 00:52

                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 hammond
                  last edited by 17 Jan 2012, 01:30

                  @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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                    Charlie__V
                    last edited by 17 Jan 2012, 02:43

                    @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 17 Jan 2012, 09:52

                      So you can make easily a real "flip book" πŸ˜‰

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

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                      • ToboboT Offline
                        Tobobo
                        last edited by 17 Jan 2012, 13:19

                        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 19 Jan 2012, 21:28

                          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 22 Jan 2012, 18:57

                            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 27 Jan 2012, 08:00

                              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 27 Jan 2012, 11:06

                                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 3 Feb 2012, 04:06

                                  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 13 Feb 2012, 21:51

                                    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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                                    • GaieusG Offline
                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by 13 Feb 2012, 22:34

                                      That was actually a semi-duh moment to me as well. I had not known it was going to work but had to try, you have to admit. πŸ˜„

                                      Gai...

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                                      • oganocaliO Offline
                                        oganocali
                                        last edited by 8 Mar 2012, 11:47

                                        This thread is one of my favorites, I use it as a guide for really neat tricks which most users will eventually need to find out, except it is a bit disorganized. I think some sort of index would be useful here. I may be setting up myself unwittingly for my d'oh moment like the use of advanced search inside a topic or something.
                                        cheers

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                                        • david_hD Offline
                                          david_h
                                          last edited by 9 Mar 2012, 19:50

                                          Organization of the D'uh Thread would seem to me to be an Oxymoron. (for me its more Moron than Oxi . . ) but I digress. . .

                                          the whole purpose of the thread is for people to post whatever epiphany they have or discovery they make when it occurs. Ya never know what you're gonna get. . . That is what makes the the SU Forum so much like a box of um . .. um . .. . what is the expression???? πŸ’š


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