Quick select edges using the eraser tool!
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Thanks a lot guys, and the forum is really great, I love it!
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Go ahead man, it's all yours!
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Hey, great trick!
Nobody made a big welcome like this when I started.
Just Kiddin.
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Update: instead of all the right click thingy, you can just press any shortcut key (e.g. space for the select tool) before releasing the LMB. That'll still keep your edges selected.
I saw this in a thread somewhere in the forums, but by the time I thought I'd add it here, I'd forgotten where I saw it, so if you know who it was please post his name here
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Very useful. Thanks Justry
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That IS a great trick, learning learning...
There is so much in this forum, now I'll spend all my time w/ SU and never actually build anything!
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As I was trying to explain this so usefull tip to a friend, I decided to produce out a small screencast of it. Here is the result:(Remind: press spacebar before release EraserTool and that's it!)
[flash=475,436:x99jiuz8]http://www.viddler.com/simple/204a6c16/[/flash:x99jiuz8]
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Thanks to all contributors for this.
Using the Spacebar makes it even easier and a bit intuitive. The Eraser first selects but does not actually erase until you release the mouse button. Think of pressing the Spacebar as changing the Erase selection to a Selection selection. "Opps, I didn't mean to erase, I meant to select; I'll just change tools in mid-action."
You can, of course, make the reverse change, in a way. "Opps, I didn't mean to select, I meant to erase." Just hit Delete.
But to collect the selection in the first place, dragging the Eraser tool is a LOT faster than Shift-Click, Shift-Click, Shift-Click, Shift-Click.
The Eraser is the only tool that I can think of that collects a selection before it actually operates. Anybody got any others?
I hope this adds something to the discussion,
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@august said:
The Eraser is the only tool that I can think of that collects a selection before it actually operates. Anybody got any others?
No,although there are other tools that autoselect (like the PushPull or Move or Rotate), they can only select one entity at a time.
On another note, the Eraser can only select edges (not faces) so the autoselect function of say the PP tool can be used for other tricks like reversing faces quickly - you only need to set up a shortcut key for the function itself and "browse through" the faces with the PP tool while hitting the shortcut like a madman.
Every tool has its own, little "side effect"
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excellent
. Works also of course with "del"
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Dear all,
It seems fredo has developed the perfect tool which makes the tip of the Eraser Tool unnecessary:
[Plugin] HoverSelect 1.1d - Multi-selection of Edges
SketchUp is in the way to become a Fredoogle product
*s
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