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    • BoxB Offline
      Box
      last edited by

      Is this what you want? Sorry I did ctrl e rather than your preferred ctrl shift a.


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      • david_hD Offline
        david_h
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        Dave R and Box. Sorry. DIdn't mean to sound defensive or whatever. I need to turn in my Green 'Top Sketchucator Badge" it was erroneously bestowed anyway.

        I will re-look at this as per your hints. actually, I am not Skupping as much as I used to so I forget a lot of things.

        again. . it's not keeping me up at night. . .yet

        But It would be nice to get this resolved.

        thank you so much.

        D

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

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        • X Offline
          xone
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          Unsure if the right place to ask but I got a little issue with the new reference point stuff in Sketchup 2016.

          Previously whenever we reference something, the cursor / protractor will go to the point of transform ON the object I want to adjust.

          But now in Sketchup 2016, when I try to rotate something, I got mighty confused as the protractor appear at somewhere else, stuck behind/inside objects, parallel to the referred surface. INSTEAD of going to the point of rotation.

          Is there a setting or something to go back to the old way?

          http://i.imgur.com/deWhqAp.jpg

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
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            In your screen shot from 2016 you have back edges turned on. Do you get the same result if you have them turned off?

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              xone
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              @dave r said:

              In your screen shot from 2016 you have back edges turned on. Do you get the same result if you have them turned off?

              Yes I have to turn on back edge to even see the protractor which appear behind/inside other objects.
              If I turn off back edge then I can't see the protractor in this example as it appear behind the cylinder.

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                shawb
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                My most recent Duh! moment was finding that in the VCB (measurement field)if either of the two lengths was what you need just type the separator comma followed by a number or a number followed by the comma and Enter.

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                • S Offline
                  shawb
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                  @bob james said:

                  @bob james said:

                  @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?

                  Your suggestions create 45 deg rotated squares.
                  Why can't someone just make a simple extension to make an orthogonally positioned square starting from a center point?

                  How about this?

                  Use the four sided polygon as suggested. Place an initial polygon on the line of axis (your fence line?) with the placement/inference line on this axis. You now have a rotated 4 sided polygon at 45 deg to the axis. Place the actual fence post polygon to the required centre spot and use its placement line to pick-up a perpendicular inference from the initial polygon. Your fence post is now square on to the fence line. Hope I have placed this reply correctly.

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                  • david_hD Offline
                    david_h
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                    Okay. serious gob-smacking d'oh here. I got it to work.

                    Thanks. Although. . I thought I did all this stuff. But whatever. .it works now.


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

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                      ZahariStoyanov
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                      @boofredlay said:

                      One for me was when Gaieus was from Gaieus' talk at the Basecamp (I saw the video) and using the rotate tool.

                      When you click the rotate tool and click the rotation point, don't let go of the mouse button... drag it out to either red or green (or any other snap point you set up) then click to start. This relieves any need for a vertical plane to get your rotation set up.

                      See image for example.

                      [attachment=0:1ay9p7c2]<!-- ia0 -->ClickHold.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:1ay9p7c2]

                      I have been using SU since V2 and never knew that until last year.

                      1. F##king 2009! I've been modelling with SU since 2006 and didn't know about this feature until today πŸ˜„
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                      • Z Offline
                        ZahariStoyanov
                        last edited by

                        Recent duh-moments in my modelling - watching Box's doodles to find out I've been using SU the wrong way for quite long. Again and again πŸ˜„

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                        • Epix3DE Offline
                          Epix3D
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                          Modelling small parts

                          IΒ΄ve had som problems with curves when modelling small parts. Rounded edges/corners will not close. I found a workaround that works: Scale the model two times or more, do the rounding with double radius, -then scale down 0,5 to normal size.

                          RoundEdgeNoClosed.jpg

                          RoundEdgeScaledClosed.jpg

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                          • Dave RD Offline
                            Dave R
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                            @unknownuser said:

                            Modelling small parts

                            IΒ΄ve had som problems with curves when modelling small parts. Rounded edges/corners will not close. I found a workaround that works: Scale the model two times or more, do the rounding with double radius, -then scale down 0,5 to normal size.

                            πŸ‘ Yep. That's a standard recommended procedure for drawing small items in SketchUp. I use a slightly different procedure that works better for me but yours is the method most people seem to use.

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                            • JQLJ Offline
                              JQL
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                              @dave r said:

                              πŸ‘ Yep. That's a standard recommended procedure for drawing small items in SketchUp. I use a slightly different procedure that works better for me but yours is the method most people seem to use.

                              I bet that method evolves making turning your geometry into a component (wich is default work for you) copy the component to the side and scale it up, work on the scaled up version and the correctly scaled version will update simultaneously.

                              Repeat the process as needed!

                              Right?

                              That's what I do too, even if I have to turn my groups into components. (Sorry Dave, but I simply love the components vs groups discussion!)

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                              • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                Rich O Brien Moderator
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                                you should have a group hug

                                Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                  Box
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                                  • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                    Rich O Brien Moderator
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                                    why thank you Box

                                    Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                    • Dave RD Offline
                                      Dave R
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                                      @rich o brien said:

                                      you should have a group hug

                                      You mean a component hug, right? πŸ˜„

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

                                        no, if components hug you get a scaling issue

                                        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                                        • BoxB Offline
                                          Box
                                          last edited by

                                          Groups, components or unique's doesn't matter! If you lot get close enough to be hugging there will be dubious 'plugin' accusations. As Rich says, there is a front door and a back passage...........

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                                          • jiminy-billy-bobJ Offline
                                            jiminy-billy-bob
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                                            Everyone know that deep down, groups and components are the same.

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