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    • M Offline
      mrossk
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      I think I got geek all over me πŸ˜‰

      https://www.mkaplanfinefurniture.com/

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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
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        πŸ’š

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        Frenchy Pilou
        Is beautiful that please without concept!
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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          @unknownuser said:

          Found a cool one today.

          Copy a line over and type 6" to set the distance. Then type *10 to array it 10 times.

          What I already knew was that you can type *8 or *4 or whatever to adjust the number of arrayed items.

          However I just found out that if you type 3" or 10" it will keep your array but adjust the spacing. Pretty sweet!

          -Brodie

          Duh!

          That is sweet!

          The manual doesn't even mention this!
          http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94863

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

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          • H Offline
            Heaps
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            It even works with circular arrays - just type in the angle in degrees

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            • brodieB Offline
              brodie
              last edited by

              Found a cool one today.

              Copy a line over and type 6" to set the distance. Then type *10 to array it 10 times.

              What I already knew was that you can type *8 or *4 or whatever to adjust the number of arrayed items.

              However I just found out that if you then type 3" or 10" it will keep your array but adjust the spacing. Pretty sweet!

              -Brodie

              steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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              • broomstickB Offline
                broomstick
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                Found a cool one today.

                Copy a line over and type 6" to set the distance. Then type *10 to array it 10 times.

                What I already knew was that you can type *8 or *4 or whatever to adjust the number of arrayed items.

                However I just found out that if you then type 3" or 10" it will keep your array but adjust the spacing. Pretty sweet!

                -Brodie

                This, sir, just made my day!

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                • Bob JamesB Offline
                  Bob James
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                  • jgbJ Offline
                    jgb
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                    @unknownuser said:

                    Found a cool one today. πŸ˜’

                    Copy a line over and type 6" to set the distance. Then type *10 to array it 10 times.

                    What I already knew was that you can type *8 or *4 or whatever to adjust the number of arrayed items.

                    However I just found out that if you then type 3" or 10" it will keep your array but adjust the spacing. Pretty sweet!

                    -Brodie

                    I just wish you found this last week, when I needed it. πŸ˜†


                    jgb

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                    • D Offline
                      d12dozr
                      last edited by

                      @unknownuser said:

                      Found a cool one today.

                      Copy a line over and type 6" to set the distance. Then type *10 to array it 10 times.

                      What I already knew was that you can type *8 or *4 or whatever to adjust the number of arrayed items.

                      However I just found out that if you then type 3" or 10" it will keep your array but adjust the spacing. Pretty sweet!

                      -Brodie

                      I learned that just a couple months ago from Dave R at a local meetup πŸ‘

                      3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                      http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                      • aarondietzenA Offline
                        aarondietzen
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                        Shift + Eraser to smooth...

                        I know that this has always been there, but I just discovered it recently (Duh!) thanks to another thread here... I cannot tell you how many times I have tweaked, and redone a push/pull or follow me command just to minimize the number of lines on a solid!

                        Ah... feels good to share my stupidity!

                        "Imagination is more important than knowledge..."
                        - Albert Einstein

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                        • massimoM Offline
                          massimo Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Ctrl+ eraser is to smooth. Shift+eraser is to hide. πŸ˜‰

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                          • aarondietzenA Offline
                            aarondietzen
                            last edited by

                            @massimo said:

                            Ctrl+ eraser is to smooth. Shift+eraser is to hide. πŸ˜‰

                            Stupidity x2! πŸ˜†

                            "Imagination is more important than knowledge..."
                            - Albert Einstein

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                            • thomthomT Offline
                              thomthom
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                              Ctrl+Erase = Soft+Smooth
                              Shift+Erase = Hide
                              Ctrl+Shift+Erase = Un-soft+Smooth (But not Unhide!)

                              Thomas Thomassen β€” 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

                                @thomthom said:

                                Ctrl+Erase = Soft+Smooth
                                Shift+Erase = Hide
                                Ctrl+Shift+Erase = Un-soft+Smooth (But not Unhide!)
                                Use 'Entity Info' to manipulate selected edges' hidden/soft/smooth status OR alternatively use the context-menu 'Unhide' [or 'Hide']...

                                TIG

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                                • aarondietzenA Offline
                                  aarondietzen
                                  last edited by

                                  @tig said:

                                  @thomthom said:

                                  Ctrl+Erase = Soft+Smooth
                                  Shift+Erase = Hide
                                  Ctrl+Shift+Erase = Un-soft+Smooth (But not Unhide!)
                                  Use 'Entity Info' to manipulate selected edges' hidden/soft/smooth status OR alternatively use the context-menu 'Unhide' [or 'Hide']...

                                  "Learn something new everyday!"

                                  In this case... several new things.

                                  "Imagination is more important than knowledge..."
                                  - Albert Einstein

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                                  • pilouP Offline
                                    pilou
                                    last edited by

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    However I just found out that if you type 3" or 10" it will keep your array but adjust the spacing. Pretty sweet!

                                    -Brodie

                                    Duh!

                                    That is sweet!

                                    The manual doesn't even mention this!
                                    http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94863

                                    Seems that is more missing here πŸ˜‰
                                    http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94867&topic=2458142&ctx=topic

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

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                                    • emerald15E Offline
                                      emerald15
                                      last edited by

                                      @heaps said:

                                      It even works with circular arrays - just type in the angle in degrees

                                      You've lost me now...I usually type in x(number) not *(number). But how do I get back to degrees... how does one type 'degrees'! ACAD is 'dd%d' but what is SU?

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                                      • TIGT Offline
                                        TIG Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        Typing an 'x' or '*' is the same - so you can type x2, *2 , 2x etc for 'times'.
                                        To 'divide' the copies use /2...
                                        You never need to use a 'degree' symbol with Rotate, any typed in +ve or -ve numbers that don't contain an x, * or / are taken as degrees anyway... In Move [and tools like Line] it's taken as 'current units', unless you add a units suffix, so typing 1000 while using mm Moves the object 1000mm, but to move it a specific distance in feet+inches can be done even while the model's current-units is mm - e.g. typing 3'4" will Move that exact amount [1016mm] etc...

                                        Incidentally, if you want to type 'special characters' in Sketchup Text - like degrees [Β°] - there are OS specific key-strokes, on a PC it's Alt0176, on a MAC I think it's OptionShift8. There are lots, so if you use some regularly have a crib sheet handy...

                                        TIG

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                                        • jgbJ Offline
                                          jgb
                                          last edited by

                                          This is also a question, based on the above.

                                          Using SCALE, you can just type a percentage value in the VCB. This is handy to set a specific scale factor like 92%. It is also handy to set a scale factor that is between SCALE's preset snap tolerance of .1% so just type 90.15 in the VCB where SCALE snaps only to 90.1% or 90.2% and you need the precision.

                                          OK, my question, How do I set scale to a dimensional value?
                                          ie: my object is 12 inches, and I want it to be 13 inches, without doing the percentage math. AND I am holding the CTRL and SHIFT keys down to scale all and from the center. When I release the mouse button to type, my position is lost.


                                          jgb

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                                          • thomthomT Offline
                                            thomthom
                                            last edited by

                                            @jgb said:

                                            OK, my question, How do I set scale to a dimensional value?
                                            ie: my object is 12 inches, and I want it to be 13 inches, without doing the percentage math. AND I am holding the CTRL and SHIFT keys down to scale all and from the center. When I release the mouse button to type, my position is lost.

                                            Just scale roughly first - then use the VCB to adjust with accuracy afterwards - typing in the length.

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

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