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    • BoxB Offline
      Box
      last edited by

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

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

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          dcyale
          last edited by

          @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 RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            @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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            • pilouP Offline
              pilou
              last edited by

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

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                dcyale
                last edited by

                @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

                  @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 RD Offline
                    Dave R
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                    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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                    • PixeroP Offline
                      Pixero
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                      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

                        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

                          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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                          • pmolsonP Offline
                            pmolson
                            last edited by

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

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