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    • M Offline
      MikeFJaguar
      last edited by

      @rv1974 said:

      The 'Lock\unlock aspect ratio' at material edit drove me crazy for years.
      Clicking it wont change visually its state (stupid bug!). To see it changed one should move
      the cursor off the button.

      This one got me very frustrated, until I discovered it's just a slooow button!
      In Windows 7 at least, click the Lock/Unlock button and WAIT for a couple of seconds. Lo and behold the button icon changes!

      EDIT
      Hmm. I'm wrong, you're right! The cursor does need to be moved off the button. As you say, stupid bug. Perhaps I'm a stupid bug..r ๐Ÿ˜ณ

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      • cottyC Offline
        cotty
        last edited by

        You can toggle the "active cut" setting of a section plane with a double click...

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          d12dozr
          last edited by

          @cotty said:

          You can toggle the "active cut" setting of a section plane with a double click...

          !!! ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿ˜„

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          • panixiaP Offline
            panixia
            last edited by

            just discovered a DOH feature of the selection tool..
            if you drag a selection rectangle from left to right it selects only the items completely wrapped in the rectangle, but if you drag the rectangle from right toward left,then also the items wich are only touched (but not fully wrapped) by the rectangle are selected.. never noticed it before.. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

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            • cottyC Offline
              cotty
              last edited by

              @panixia said:

              just discovered a DOH feature of the selection tool..
              if you drag a selection rectangle from left to right it selects only the items completely wrapped in the rectangle, but if you drag the rectangle from right toward left,then also the items wich are only touched (but not fully wrapped) by the rectangle are selected.. never noticed it before.. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

              How could you select without this? ๐Ÿ˜›
              (See here for details)

              For complex selections, the combination with the parallel view can help a lot...

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              • pilouP Offline
                pilou
                last edited by

                And for some Selection / un-selection try some combinaisons of SHIFT and / Or CTRL ๐Ÿ˜‰

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

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                • panixiaP Offline
                  panixia
                  last edited by

                  i know how to use selection and modifier, the only DOH part is about the change of behaviour from left/right direction

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                  • R Offline
                    rv1974
                    last edited by

                    Say you worked in Untitled.skp and suddenly your PC crashed. To discover the unknown location of autosave file start the blank file and make 'Save': it will show the folder with autosave folder.

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                      Tobobo
                      last edited by

                      I have just found by accident that you can drag nested groups and components in the outliner from one to another and it keeps its location. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                      Toby

                      Philippians 4:13

                      I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

                        Ooh! That's nice! I've never used the Outliner much, but that's a nice observation.
                        +1 from me!

                        Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                        • TIGT Offline
                          TIG Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Yes, highlighting and moving containers within the Outliner works very much like Cut+PasteInPlace when you move groups/instances between 'parents' - just MUCH easier...
                          It's also a useful way to open a nested container for editing, just find it 'by name' in the Outliner [benefit of naming sensibly!] and then select it and double-click it; and it's also best if View > Component Edit > Hide Rest of Model is toggled ON so you can see what you are doing [a shortcut-key to toggle this is de riguer]...

                          TIG

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                          • brodieB Offline
                            brodie
                            last edited by

                            Just found a new one. You can copy a line over and type 10', then, after hitting enter you can type /10 to get 10 equally spaced lines.

                            I have been doing that as two separate functions forever (copying the line 10' to get the spacing right then copying it back and snapping it to the other line 10' away and THEN hitting /10).

                            -Brodie

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                            • pilouP Offline
                              pilou
                              last edited by

                              ... and if you are not satisfy you can continue "*" "/" with any unity even different than settings untill taking another tool! ๐Ÿ˜„

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

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                                arail1
                                last edited by

                                @panixia said:

                                just discovered a DOH feature of the selection tool..
                                if you drag a selection rectangle from left to right it selects only the items completely wrapped in the rectangle, but if you drag the rectangle from right toward left,then also the items wich are only touched (but not fully wrapped) by the rectangle are selected.. never noticed it before.. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

                                This is important to know also because it's one of the few things that tends to be consistent across most 3D software applications.

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                                  MikeFJaguar
                                  last edited by

                                  Ctrl (in Windows) while orbiting lets me turn my model every which way! Fairly useless as an architectural user but a boon for modellers who make widgets. Doh!

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                                  • GaieusG Offline
                                    Gaieus
                                    last edited by

                                    That's a "designed feature": Suspending the gravity setting

                                    Gai...

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                                    • mitcorbM Offline
                                      mitcorb
                                      last edited by

                                      Sort of bootleg Camera Roll. I have used it to get a particular position for precise selection in a busy model. Of course, you could just do a bunch of layering and hiding to avoid this need altogether.

                                      I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                      • olisheaO Offline
                                        olishea
                                        last edited by

                                        @gaieus said:

                                        That's a "designed feature": Suspending the gravity setting

                                        I use it for portrait-orientated renders...very useful.

                                        oli

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                                        • Wo3DanW Offline
                                          Wo3Dan
                                          last edited by

                                          @mikefjaguar said:

                                          Ctrl (in Windows) while orbiting lets me turn my model every which way! Fairly useless as an architectural user but ......... Doh!

                                          Rolling the camera (by holding down [Ctrl] when orbiting), to position your model in such a way on screen sometimes helps in order to have the selection window enclose what you want it to select. With gravity ON you might not be able to make that special selection.

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                                            pilou
                                            last edited by

                                            ...and when you Press the SpaceBar that stop it vigorously! ๐Ÿ’š

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

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