Quickly switching between axes?

[gonashvili]

Been meaning to ask this for a while now, is there a way to switch between the [main three] planes/axes when drawing/moving/rotating?

Sometimes its a bit tricky to find the right axis, orbiting the view helps, but it would be great if I could quickly switch between the [RED/BLUE/GREEN] by something like a TAB key, is there such a functionality at all? I mean I could use the Workplane plugin, but that seems like a waste of time especially for such a trivial task...

Cheers for reading/answering

HG

[cotty]

For drawing and moving you can use the inferencing system .

For moving, you can force one direction with the arrow keys.

For rotating, you should use the 4-click-method (The not-so-basic method of using Rotate ).

I think there is no need for futher plugins...

[gonashvili]

@cotty said:

For rotating, you should use the 4-click-method (The not-so-basic method of using Rotate ).

I think there is no need for futher plugins...

So its done by holding down the first click, that was exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

Think I should start a general thread for all my questions so I don't bombard this board with threads every day....

And yes jim, I know.

[Chris Fullmer]

Please don't start a general question thread and reuse it. We prefer new threads with appropriate topics. Its so much easier to search through later, making it easier for people who look for the same thing in a few months to be able to find the correctly titled thread, thanks!

[Jean Lemire]

Hi HG, hi folks.

You can use scenes to do that.

For example, choose the Top view (or Bottom view) then create a scene. This will allow you to rotate around the blue axis.

Repeat with the Front view (or the Back view) to be able to rotate around the green axis.

Finally, create a scene with the right or left view to be able to rotate around the red axis.

Once this is done, all you have to do is click on one of these scene tabs to get the required view. Needless to write, you can rename the scenes with Red, Green and Blue, or whatever you want instead of Scene 1, Scene 2 and Scene 3.

However, once you get the hang of it, it takes just a quick orbit to position the view in order for SketchUp to propose you the rotation plane that you want.

Just ideas.

[gonashvili]

@chris fullmer said:

Please don't start a general question thread and reuse it. We prefer new threads with appropriate topics. Its so much easier to search through later, making it easier for people who look for the same thing in a few months to be able to find the correctly titled thread, thanks!

Ok no problem, just felt a bit of a douchebag to start a thread everytime google/U is of no help.

Jean, that would be a neat idea, but I guess choosing the axis with holding down the click is the easiest way.