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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
      last edited by

      I've started to write down some notes on the SketchUp Ruby API.
      Google Docs document - read only to public with ability to comment.

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

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      • JClementsJ Offline
        JClements
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        So how do we participate Will there be login link to this Reddit session?

        John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
          last edited by

          @jclements said:

          So how do we participate Will there be login link to this Reddit session?

          They will announce the link when the session begins. Keep an eye on this thread, twitter or G+.

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

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          • JClementsJ Offline
            JClements
            last edited by

            So it is only thru Twitter or G+. Rats, can't use them at work.

            John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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              Rich O Brien Moderator
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              @jclements said:

              So it is only thru Twitter or G+. Rats, can't use them at work.

              Can you view the Reddit page in work?

              Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp ๐Ÿ“–

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              • thomthomT Offline
                thomthom
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                @jclements said:

                So it is only thru Twitter or G+. Rats, can't use them at work.

                No - that's some of the channels they'll use to publish the link. I expect the link to be published here at SCF. If not, we (the mods) will update the first post.

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

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                • M Offline
                  Mark H.
                  last edited by

                  I will definitely be posting the link to the Reddit chat when we start it up, John. In the meantime, you may want to visitReddit.com and register a username (which you'll need to participate) -- it takes 30 seconds.

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                  • tbdT Offline
                    tbd
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                    **Mark:**unless it replies with "reddit is under heavy load right now, sorry. Try again in a few minutes." ๐Ÿ˜‰

                    SketchUp Ruby Consultant | Podium 1.x developer
                    http://plugins.ro

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                    • M Offline
                      Mark H.
                      last edited by

                      Hey all,

                      We're now live on Reddit; hope you can join us!

                      Mark

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        So much for a chat... one has to wait about 5 minutes between each post...

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

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          Now I have to wait 8 minutes...

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

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                            BrooksL
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                            Some SketchUp significant priority wishes off the top of my head...

                            1. make Layout dimension precision options match SketchUp's precision capabilities; layout looks like a very helpful application but it's not nearly as useful when it can't dimension with the same units and number of decimal places as our SketchUp models -- needs to at least do hundreths of a millimeter and thousandths of an inch, but would be best to simply match SketchUp's capabilities.

                            2. make the plane tools also respond to the arrow keys by forcing the plane orientation (because the point and line tools respond, I see new users [and myself] intuitively expected similar behavior from the plane tools -- and it would be very helpful!

                            3. make the plane tools capable of quick compound angle alignment similar to the protractor tool by holding down the left mouse button. When it was pointed out to me that the protractor can do this, I can see how it would be very helpful (and make for intuitive consistency) if all the native plane tools responded like that.

                            4. fix the errors in and clarify the documentation - especially for lowering frustrations of new users.

                            5. provide a couple of ways that the user can quickly kick or influence the inference engine to look for another inference or a specific inference in the same view vacinity - because it's really frustrating when a user (especially a newbie) frequently needs to zoom in very close or turn off a bunch of geometry just to get the engine to make the desired selection.

                            5a) some kind of selection filter influence for the selection tool could also be useful - sometimes (often) it's a royal pain to get a construction point selected by itself among a bunch of other geometry.

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                              solo
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                              I got distracted by the drying paint on my wall, far more interesting.

                              http://www.solos-art.com

                              If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                Mark H.
                                last edited by

                                @Thom Thom -- we're experiencing that annoying delay as well. We are on 3 different networks and have set-up 3 different wi-fi hot spots to get off the same IP!

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                                • thomthomT Offline
                                  thomthom
                                  last edited by

                                  @brooksl said:

                                  Some SketchUp significant priority wishes off the top of my head...

                                  I think they prefer to use the Reddit site - keeping the whole discussion in one place.

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

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                                  • pbacotP Offline
                                    pbacot
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                                    I was hoping chat on the future of SU ala Trimble. A few hints anyway. It's sort of the usual wish list and the usual answers...

                                    But cool of the SU team to do this. Hope more of this comes along.

                                    Neat to see various greats like Daniel Tal chime in.

                                    MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                    • thomthomT Offline
                                      thomthom
                                      last edited by

                                      Right now my brain blanked out. I'm sure there's tons of things I'd think of when the chat ends... ๐Ÿ˜’

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

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                                      • brodieB Offline
                                        brodie
                                        last edited by

                                        Cool idea, I hope they do it again. Unfortunate that the format is causing so many issues.

                                        -Brodie

                                        steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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                                        • thomthomT Offline
                                          thomthom
                                          last edited by

                                          Very hard to follow the conversation eventually. No good way to spotting new posts.

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

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                                          • TIGT Offline
                                            TIG Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            Crappy ! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                                            There must be better ways to 'chat' than that - it was pants...
                                            Not being able to post for another 8 minutes after making a brief comment is tooooo much...

                                            There were some interesting posts but they were all subsumed in a quagmire of dross... ๐Ÿ˜’

                                            TIG

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