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    • Wo3DanW Offline
      Wo3Dan
      last edited by

      @unknownuser said:

      ....So now I have a scene I use most of the time which doesn't hide the rest of the model, and a scene called "hide rest of the model" which I switch to when I wish to have this function....

      Hi Ken, thanks for sharing.

      You may want to assign these two different options (On/Off) to just one shortcut key. To toggle the view 'Hide rest of model' On/Off. It's fast and available in all models.

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      • halroachH Offline
        halroach
        last edited by

        Did you know that when you click on the plugins menu and then tap on a letter on your keyboard it cycles through your plugins starting with that letter?
        It's a native Windows feature for keyboard navigation... like when you press Alt in any program.
        I just never thought of using it in Sketchup... Something to think about...

        There is only one drawback, if you only have one plugin that starts with a certain letter it will be activated before you can say Robinson Crusoe!

        Good Luck!

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        • cottyC Offline
          cotty
          last edited by

          Not really a new one for me but I use it regularly, so it might be a little Duh! for someone?

          If you select several instances of the same component and use "make unique", these instances become all instances of the new component. An example to clarify what I try to explain ...


          example_makeunique.jpg

          my SketchUp gallery

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

            Very practical! ☀

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            • J Offline
              jpalm32
              last edited by

              Now you tell me.
              This could saved me a hour at least.
              Here is a problem. I have 40 lights all the same but separate groups (Not component).
              Anyway to turn them all into one component instance.

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              • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                jiminy-billy-bob
                last edited by

                @jpalm32 said:

                Now you tell me.
                This could saved me a hour at least.
                Here is a problem. I have 40 lights all the same but separate groups (Not component).
                Anyway to turn them all into one component instance.

                If they were not modified after being copied, yes !
                http://sketchucation.com/resources/pluginstore?pln=tt_selection_toys

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                • cottyC Offline
                  cotty
                  last edited by

                  @jiminy-billy-bob said:

                  If they were not modified after being copied, yes !
                  http://sketchucation.com/resources/pluginstore?pln=tt_selection_toys

                  Yes, here you can find that function in SU...


                  convert2comp.jpg

                  my SketchUp gallery

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                  • J Offline
                    jpalm32
                    last edited by

                    Thanks, will check it out
                    Cotty, that makes a component out of the whole group.
                    I want them all to be a instance of one component.

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                    • BoxB Offline
                      Box
                      last edited by

                      It will take multiple individual groups that are copies and make them instances of one component.

                      So if you have arrayed a group 100 times, it will select all those 100 and make them into 100 instances of one component, which then makes it possible to use the replace selected function of components.

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                      • cottyC Offline
                        cotty
                        last edited by

                        A little one...
                        If a circle or an arc is divided by lines, it is possible to change the segments within the entity info window for all parts separately...


                        segments.jpg

                        my SketchUp gallery

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                        • Rich O BrienR Offline
                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Ouch. Face Palm here too!

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                          • plot-parisP Offline
                            plot-paris
                            last edited by

                            @cotty said:

                            If you select several instances of the same component and use "make unique", these instances become all instances of the new component.

                            I just discovered this and headed over here to post it 😄
                            After years and years of SketchUp use! 👊

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                              unearthed
                              last edited by

                              Doh using selection tools

                              I often need to select faces inside of some line, usually a very complex line (the built area of a terrain, a river plain in a valley etc.). So I was just running thru the process to make a post to this group...

                              Make surface, make lines soft, smooth and turn off then group [I hadn't done this bit before]
                              Drape boundary on surface.
                              Enter group, click on inner area and presto it's selected:

                              SelectFacesInsideLine_works with edges off anyway_just click surface inside line.JPG

                              I went round and round in a lot of circles to get that!

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                              • A Offline
                                Aarhus8000
                                last edited by

                                Just realized yesterday that you can push faces you can't see. I've always used 'Hide Rest of Model' a lot when pushing faces to be able to see the actual face I ment to push or used normal 'Hide' on all surrounding entities to get to the one I actually wanted to modify/push. Turns out the Push tool can "see through" blocking geometry which makes the entire workflow so much quicker. Nice one!

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                                • cottyC Offline
                                  cotty
                                  last edited by

                                  I didn't know that you can get non-perpendicular axes 😲


                                  perpen.jpg

                                  my SketchUp gallery

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                                  • fredo6F Offline
                                    fredo6
                                    last edited by

                                    @cotty said:

                                    I didn't know that you can get non-perpendicular axes 😲

                                    Easy way to get it is to apply FredoScale::PlanarShearto a component.

                                    Shear transformation is conform actually, but the inconvenience is that it deforms the axes. Issues can happen in some scripts because Vector transformation is not natural when axes are not orthogonal.

                                    Fredo

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                                    • R Offline
                                      rv1974
                                      last edited by

                                      If you export a lot of pictures out of skp get the 'Smustard Scene Exporter'- it will save years of sitting in front of monitor.

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                                      • R Offline
                                        rv1974
                                        last edited by

                                        you can easily reassign keyboard keys (on Windows level) with:
                                        http://sharpkeys.codeplex.com/.

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                                        • falkF Offline
                                          falk
                                          last edited by

                                          @pmiller said:

                                          Probably the best SU duh!:

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                                          (Link to the "Homer" button, which plays the "d'oh!" sound and does an undo. Sadly, it's no longer there. I don't suppose anybody kept a copy?)

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                                          • falkF Offline
                                            falk
                                            last edited by

                                            My biggest D'oh! was learning to write plugins. I had no idea it would be that easy; why didn't I do it years ago?

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