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    • david_hD Offline
      david_h
      last edited by

      Quick question. . .It seems to me that in SU's long past. . .version 4 or so there was a push pull trick where you could just click on a shape to be PP'd and then either hold a shift key to lock the axis or and endpoint of something and it would just auto push to that point. Kinda like Follow me, but it was innate to the PushPull tool. Does anyone remember this?

      Thx,

      D

      If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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      • cottyC Offline
        cotty
        last edited by

        There are different options in Fredo6s JointPushPull (like vetor push pull), something like that?

        my SketchUp gallery

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        • david_hD Offline
          david_h
          last edited by

          Yeah. . I've got those and they're great. It just seemed to me there was a native SU trick to do that, but I guess I am mistaken. Hence the D'oh!

          If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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          • jeff hammondJ Offline
            jeff hammond
            last edited by

            @david_h said:

            Quick question. . .It seems to me that in SU's long past. . .version 4 or so there was a push pull trick where you could just click on a shape to be PP'd and then either hold a shift key to lock the axis or and endpoint of something and it would just auto push to that point. Kinda like Follow me, but it was innate to the PushPull tool. Does anyone remember this?

            Thx,

            D

            the only push/pull modifier key is:

            Option(alt) = create new starting face.

            (as seen in the lower left hand corner of the drawing window πŸ˜‰ )

            dotdotdot

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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

              @unknownuser said:

              as seen in the lower left hand corner of the drawing window

              Can you put an image of that ?

              Frenchy Pilou
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              • BoxB Offline
                Box
                last edited by

                @jeff hammond said:

                the only push/pull modifier key is:

                Option(alt) = create new starting face.

                (as seen in the lower left hand corner of the drawing window πŸ˜‰ )

                It's Ctrl on windows.


                Ctrl.JPG

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                • jeff hammondJ Offline
                  jeff hammond
                  last edited by

                  @box said:

                  It's Ctrl on windows.

                  oops.. thought it was ctrl for cmmd & alt for option
                  thanks

                  dotdotdot

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                  • BoxB Offline
                    Box
                    last edited by

                    Don't you mean D'oh instead of oops!!?

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
                      last edited by

                      I am reassured! πŸ˜„

                      Frenchy Pilou
                      Is beautiful that please without concept!
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                      • jeff hammondJ Offline
                        jeff hammond
                        last edited by

                        @box said:

                        Don't you mean D'oh instead of oops!!?

                        πŸ˜† d'oh!

                        you're right.

                        dotdotdot

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                        • emerald15E Offline
                          emerald15
                          last edited by

                          Not so much 'Doh' but 'Eureka'! for me. I've been trying to draw a circle directly to the vertical plane for a least two years! 😳 I only knew it was possible from watching other video clips. At last I've found this thread! πŸ˜„

                          http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=79%26amp;t=53592%26amp;p=486418%26amp;hilit=vertical+plane+circle#p486306

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                          • pbacotP Offline
                            pbacot
                            last edited by

                            @cotty said:

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

                            This seems less like a "Duh!" than "WTF!" What could one (mortal) do with such a thing?

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                            • Bob JamesB Offline
                              Bob James
                              last edited by

                              @jql said:

                              Apologies accepted if you post it on the Duh thread!

                              So here goes my duh:

                              @bob james said:

                              This seems so simple that it must already exist, but I could not find it.

                              For example: I want to make a 4" square post at a specific spot. If I wanted a round post there I would just select the circle tool, place the cursor at the point and drag out (or put a value in the VCB).

                              I'd like to be able to do that for a square: select tool, place the cursor at the point and drag out (or put a value in the VCB)

                              I apologize if this already exists

                              @jql said:

                              LOL bob you can make your life difficult if you draw a 4 sided circle and explode it.

                              Or you can make your life painless if you draw a 4 sided polygon without exploding it.

                              Those two are native tools. Do you forget sketchup also has native tools?

                              @bob james said:

                              Duh 😳
                              (But still think it would be a useful one-click native tool) πŸ˜†

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                              • JQLJ Offline
                                JQL
                                last edited by

                                πŸ‘Ώ All that ::DUH:: belong to us! πŸ‘Ώ

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                                • S ShepherdS Offline
                                  S Shepherd
                                  last edited by

                                  I just today noticed with solid tools, if you subtract a transparent solid from another shape it leaves behind transparent faces. I suppose I mostly paint after these operations are complete.

                                  solid odd.gif

                                  Shep

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                                  • R Offline
                                    roland joseph
                                    last edited by

                                    Didn't have a clue till today that while you push pull you can add a face by hitting "ctrl" on a pc or "option" on a Mac

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                                    • cottyC Offline
                                      cotty
                                      last edited by

                                      A little one...
                                      I've had problems with drag&drop of images from the web browser to SU. No I've found the reason: I've changed the startup rights for SU to "always start as administrator". After changing this for the browser too (or both without these rights), drag&drop is back again...

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                                      • piratebrianP Offline
                                        piratebrian
                                        last edited by

                                        When taking one surface and copy pasting it into an unrelated group, if you click on the destination surface before you do the control-v paste you newly placed surface will auto align. Found this one by accident, it is probably page 2 of the instructions, But bahhh instructions.

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                                        • pilouP Offline
                                          pilou
                                          last edited by

                                          Thx to JQL πŸ˜„
                                          Move Copy a group

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          if you double-click it, you edit it, andeven if you do nothing on it, it is made into a different definition, therefor "unique".

                                          Not sure that was on the manual ? πŸ˜„

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

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                                          • AureusA Offline
                                            Aureus
                                            last edited by

                                            I forgot what this tread is about but no doubt - it's a record breaking thread: probably the longest living thread here.
                                            Like a submarine. Just when you think it's down it goes up to the surface. Over and over again. πŸ˜„

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