The "Duh!" thread (aka the Doh! thread)

thomthom

then I just discovered, that you can apply the smoothing to groups/components, without entering them. so you can select all the groups at once and only have to do the proces once! (doesn't work with nested groups though)

I recently discovered that as well!
In regards to CleanUp - it does have a function to smooth the geometry it cleans up. If you use CleanUp Entire Model you have a field "Smooth Edges by Angle".

plot-paris

@thomthom said:

In regards to CleanUp - it does have a function to smooth the geometry it cleans up. If you use CleanUp Entire Model you have a field "Smooth Edges by Angle".

yet another 'Doh'
I can put my Homer button to quite some use today

Gaieus

@plot-paris said:

oh, that is a really bad one, Gaieus! I am not sure if I should burst with laughter , feel terribly sorry for you or just blush with embarassment, because that could just as well have happened to me

Well, eventually it turned out that the total HD was broken so no matter what I would've done, the repair/install wouldn't have been successful. Had to buy a new HD and reinstall everything again.

plot-paris

uh, thats bad!
actually, I still try to deny that hard discs just die after several years of intenseive use. its not pleasant, when the truth catches up with you...

broomstick

I just discovered that the erase function hides and smoothes edges if you use it in combination with atl ctrl an shift...

DUH!!

Ecuadorian

Today I discovered that I can drag-and-drop images straight from Firefox into the SketchUp viewport.

pilou

@unknownuser said:

I discovered that I can drag-and-drop images straight from Firefox into the SketchUp viewport.

Tricky and speedy

Chris Fullmer

I just discovered that you can use more than one modifier key when setting up shortcut keys. example

ctrl + shift + alt + Q

or snything along those lines. I never reazlied that...

plot-paris

just out of interest: what function did you assign to
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Q???

Gaieus

When I press that, it triggers an automatic poking of you on Facebook.

(I dare not try if there is anything assigned to it by default because I am rendering an animation)

Chris Fullmer

It is my auto-assinate button in SU

I don't really have it assigned to anything. It was just an example of how complex a "shortcut" could be. I thought I was stuck to simple single modifiers. Double modifiers could greatly expand my shortcut range though!

mitcorb

@chris fullmer said:

It is my auto-assinate button in SU

Now, what would an "auto-assinate" button do, exactly?
Hee Hee!

Chris Fullmer

I struggle...

pilou

@unknownuser said:

just out of interest: what function did you assign to
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Q???

A list of shortcuts

pilou

Triangulate a simple rectangle surface with the Sand box?
Just draw a diagonal first!
Then apply the Sand box "Add détails"

pilou

A cool one!
The Duhduh of the day! Never used!
Thx Jeff

KXI System

Thing was, the people who I looked up to as pro's...

Are the ones that had the most "duh!"s

Gaieus

@kxi system said:

Thing was, the people who I looked up to as pro's...

Are the ones that had the most "duh!"s

That's because only those who thinkhave genuine doh moments...

ely862me

@gaieus said:

@kxi system said:

Thing was, the people who I looked up to as pro's...

Are the ones that had the most "duh!"s

That's because only those who thinkhave genuine doh moments...

KXI System

OK, I'll share a duh moment.

THE COMPONENT DIALOG BOX IS JUST A MINI 3-D WAREHOUSE WINDOW!
I found out by trying to search for a component and ended up with the same search results as the first page in the 3-D warehouse.

WARNING, THE FOLLOWING DUH MOMENT IS PROVEN TO DECREASE PRODUCTION BY 1000%!

OK, first I found one of the antics figures off the warehouse (not through the component dialog window). Now all antic models have a link to the same youtube video, so I clicked on it and next thing you know I have youtube fully working inside sketchup! I got nothing done that day...