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  • B Offline
    Box
    last edited by 25 Sept 2013, 19:28

    You could always try the unusually named Nudge tool.
    http://www.smustard.com/script/Nudge

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    • C Offline
      cuttingedge
      last edited by 25 Sept 2013, 19:36

      Interesting but I hope it has at least 30 day trial like other plugins....

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      • D Offline
        dcyale
        last edited by 25 Nov 2013, 06:52

        @cuttingedge said:

        Interesting but I hope it has at least 30 day trial like other plugins....

        I didn't see a 30 day trial, but I bought it and it has been a real time saver. Prior to this I exported my pieces into blender as STLs and assembled them in Blender. Now I can assemble in Sketchup, and choose .01 movement increments to get pretty precise alignment of parts.

        I have never been happy with the native move tool for finessing pieces of a model together.

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          Dave R
          last edited by 25 Nov 2013, 10:22

          @dcyale said:

          I have never been happy with the native move tool for finessing pieces of a model together.

          That's odd. I find it much quicker and more precise to use the native Move tool for placing parts.

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            pilou
            last edited by 25 Nov 2013, 10:36

            Another cool free one is mover2 by jim πŸ˜‰
            a cool french video! πŸ’š
            (link of mover2 is given on the text! πŸ˜‰

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

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              dcyale
              last edited by 25 Nov 2013, 16:34

              @dave r said:

              @dcyale said:

              I have never been happy with the native move tool for finessing pieces of a model together.

              That's odd. I find it much quicker and more precise to use the native Move tool for placing parts.

              I should mention (it was late when I posted the last) that I do almost all my work on a laptop with a touchpad. So no middle mouse button or scroll wheel, and less precision. Slows me down, but I can work when my kid is doing her sports practice.

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                slbaumgartner
                last edited by 26 Nov 2013, 02:17

                @dcyale said:

                @dave r said:

                @dcyale said:

                I have never been happy with the native move tool for finessing pieces of a model together.

                That's odd. I find it much quicker and more precise to use the native Move tool for placing parts.

                I should mention (it was late when I posted the last) that I do almost all my work on a laptop with a touchpad. So no middle mouse button or scroll wheel, and less precision. Slows me down, but I can work when my kid is doing her sports practice.

                I've found SU to be almost unusable via touchpad. My sympathy!

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                  Dave R
                  last edited by 26 Nov 2013, 02:53

                  Yeah. That's too bad that you have to use the touchpad. You might as well take up building ships in bottles with big heavy mittens on.

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                  • P Offline
                    Pixero
                    last edited by 26 Nov 2013, 09:10

                    I have a old one (js_MoveTool) here that you can assign as a shortcut (for example Alt+M.) and use arrow keys to move.

                    Usage:

                    1. Select a object or group of objects.
                    2. Select the JS MoveTool and enter a distance in the VCB. Press Return/Enter.
                    3. Now move with arrow keys.
                    4. Use Alt + Up/Down to move in Z axis.
                    5. You can enter a new distance at any time.
                    6. Press Ctrl (Apple Key on Mac) for distance * 0.1
                    7. Press Shift for distance * 10

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                    • sicksickisckS Offline
                      sicksickisck
                      last edited by 7 Oct 2016, 12:19

                      I have nudge tool, is real cool thing [you can change many things in this ruby, is nice thing too] .but I looking for tool like "nudge tool" working base of camera projection vector;

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                      • J Offline
                        Jim
                        last edited by 7 Oct 2016, 16:53

                        I too have a Nudge tool and it works with the camera if nothing is selected; and aectionnplane too. Maybe we all should put our heads together and create the ultimate nudge tool hehe!

                        Hi

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                          pmolson
                          last edited by 8 Oct 2016, 12:49

                          I am with Dave here, I don't see how it can be easier than grabbing an object by the exact spot you want to mate to another and simply move it to the exact spot on the other object.

                          Anyone have an example video of the nudge tool in use? I am curious.

                          Paul

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                            mattalex @Pixero
                            last edited by 10 Apr 2024, 11:28

                            @Pixero Hi there, still working in SU 2022 Pro, thanks v much!

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