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    • boofredlayB Offline
      boofredlay
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      Oh yes and if you copy the object then type in 10/ you will get copies divided equally between the two distances. πŸ‘

      http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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      • GaieusG Offline
        Gaieus
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        @charly2008 said:

        did not know that you can also use the tool to make multiple copies of objects.

        Ah yes, with the Move tool it's called a "Linear array" - but you can also do similar "Radial array" with the Rotate tool

        Gai...

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        • pilouP Offline
          pilou
          last edited by

          And it's the same with the rotation Tool πŸ˜‰

          But seems also that is the first thing that we learn when we start SU! πŸ˜‰

          Don't use multiple copy in SU is very mysterious πŸ˜„

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          Is beautiful that please without concept!
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          • majidM Offline
            majid
            last edited by

            @gaieus said:

            @charly2008 said:

            did not know that you can also use the tool to make multiple copies of objects.

            Ah yes, with the Move tool it's called a "Linear array" - but you can also do similar "Radial array" with the Rotate tool

            amazin part is that you can type:
            X5
            5X
            5
            0r 5

            and they reffer to same result!!!! ( array )

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            • jgbJ Offline
              jgb
              last edited by

              @gaieus said:

              @charly2008 said:

              did not know that you can also use the tool to make multiple copies of objects.

              Ah yes, with the Move tool it's called a "Linear array" - but you can also do similar "Radial array" with the Rotate tool

              I've used that a lot, BUT, I can't seem to radial array within a 360 circle. πŸ˜•
              As I reach 359.999 it jumps to zero degrees, and "/x" returns nothing.

              I know I'm missing something here. ❓

              I usually solve it by first making a circle with the number of segments I want, then radially array the object to a vertex, and multiply (total number wanted less 1), then delete the circle.


              jgb

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              • boofredlayB Offline
                boofredlay
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                Start your array and type 360 for the degrees and hit enter rather than clicking to enter the degrees. Then do your multiplier.

                http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                • thomthomT Offline
                  thomthom
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                  @jgb said:

                  @gaieus said:

                  @charly2008 said:

                  did not know that you can also use the tool to make multiple copies of objects.

                  Ah yes, with the Move tool it's called a "Linear array" - but you can also do similar "Radial array" with the Rotate tool

                  I've used that a lot, BUT, I can't seem to radial array within a 360 circle. πŸ˜•
                  As I reach 359.999 it jumps to zero degrees, and "/x" returns nothing.

                  I know I'm missing something here. ❓

                  1. Copy rotate to any random angle
                  2. Adjust angle with VCB to 360
                  3. Use VCB to divide the full rotation by number of elements ( / 7 )

                  Or, if you know the angle between each element, just rotate by the first segment.

                  1. Copy Rotate 45 degrees
                  2. *7

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                  • GaieusG Offline
                    Gaieus
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                    One note however. If you use the divide function around a full 360 degrees and first you rotate the component by 360 degrees, you will end up with two, overlapping components in position 0 (or 360). This is not a serious issue as after the rotation and radial array, this firstly copied component will remain highlighted so just make sure that after the radial array, also press the Delete button.

                    Gai...

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      @gaieus said:

                      One note however. If you use the divide function around a full 360 degrees and first you rotate the component by 360 degrees, you will end up with two, overlapping components in position 0 (or 360). This is not a serious issue as after the rotation and radial array, this firstly copied component will remain highlighted so just make sure that after the radial array, also press the Delete button.

                      True, I used loose geometry in my test.

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by

                        Well, true, thatmerges with no trace left.

                        Gai...

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                        • jgbJ Offline
                          jgb
                          last edited by

                          @unknownuser said:

                          Start your array and type 360 for the degrees and hit enter rather than clicking to enter the degrees. Then do your multiplier.

                          😍 That worked... Many thanks. πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                          TT & Gaieus, thanks as well. That duplicate copy over the original used to be a problem, till I started using a circle with the right # of segments to get around it.


                          jgb

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            Super cool never thought to bend a 2D image with the Fredo Scale! πŸ‘ 😎

                            cool.jpg

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

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                            • R Offline
                              Roger
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                              @unknownuser said:

                              Super cool never thought to bend a 2D image with the Fredo Scale! πŸ‘ 😎

                              [attachment=0:39d35j95]<!-- ia0 -->cool.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:39d35j95]

                              You bent over backward to discover that function. 🀣 (Does not translate easily to French)

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                              • pilouP Offline
                                pilou
                                last edited by

                                @unknownuser said:

                                (Does not translate easily to French)

                                I believe that I understand that you want to say πŸ˜„

                                Contortionist Zlata up the steps of the Cannes Film Festival! 😲

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                                • R Offline
                                  Roger
                                  last edited by

                                  Boggles the imagination!

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                                  • A Offline
                                    ArCAD-UK
                                    last edited by

                                    @pbacot said:

                                    I can make a new layer via the Entities window simply by assigning the selected entity by typing a new layer name.

                                    Not on the PC you can't. πŸ˜•

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                                    • pbacotP Offline
                                      pbacot
                                      last edited by

                                      I can make a new layer via the Entities window simply by assigning the selected entity and typing a new layer name. Did it by mistake. πŸ˜„ Never knew.

                                      I thought this thread was a sticky, until I went looking for it...

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                                      • Epix3DE Offline
                                        Epix3D
                                        last edited by

                                        Just discovered the System settings> Open GL > Use hardware acceleration. Suddenly Sketchup looks sharp and smooth to work with. How can I have missed this before? 😳

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                                        • F Offline
                                          flyashy
                                          last edited by

                                          I have found this thread to be the MOST instructional of them all! So thanks to http://sketchucation.com/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=15244 for starting it!
                                          I've done a lot of these and found some great tips in here.
                                          I thought I'd add one of mine that may help someone.
                                          Although with the save toolbars position, a lot of toolbar mayham has been solved, but I still get it sometimes when even restore toolbars won't work.
                                          I'd accidentally discovered this trick a while back when somehow all my toolbars had decided to go vertical or something!:
                                          So, if you get toolbar chaos, don't do anything to sketchup to restore position etc...just call up taskmanager-windows (or force quit-mac) and kill the sketchup process, immediately if you can. if the process is killed sketchup will revert back to the earlier 'saved toolbars' position and no more chaos.
                                          Cheers!

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                                          • GaieusG Offline
                                            Gaieus
                                            last edited by

                                            Flyashy, you linked a profile, not a post.

                                            Gai...

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