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

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    • S Offline
      SketchUpNoobie
      last edited by

      I used to think you had to click and drag whenever you push/pull, move, rectangle, circle, etc. I just found out a couple of months ago that you could just click, get it where you want it, and click again to finish. I was like, "Oh." ๐Ÿ˜ณ

      --

      SketchUpNoobie: the complete noob in all things SketchUp.

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        thomthom
        last edited by

        @unknownuser said:

        I used to think you had to click and drag whenever you push/pull, move, rectangle, circle, etc. I just found out a couple of months ago that you could just click, get it where you want it, and click again to finish. I was like, "Oh." ๐Ÿ˜ณ

        And double-clicking will repeat last operation.

        Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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        • S Offline
          SketchUpNoobie
          last edited by

          I know that. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Dunno' when I figured it out though. Probably while watching a tutorial or something. That's why I like watching tutorials even if they are on things I already know.

          --

          SketchUpNoobie: the complete noob in all things SketchUp.

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          • R Offline
            Roger
            last edited by

            It seems that my Duh! moment was taking this long to find this discussion. I have always felt I was the lone idiot, but now I feel much better and much more informed.

            Thanks DUHsters.

            http://www.azcreative.com

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            • Chris FullmerC Offline
              Chris Fullmer
              last edited by

              That is the point of the thread - we all feel like the lone idiot...until you post your stupidity publicly and find that many many other people had done, or are doing, the exact same thing. It's very cathartic ๐Ÿ˜„

              Lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter.
              All my Plugins I've written

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              • david_hD Offline
                david_h
                last edited by

                Idiots are never alone.

                They travel in herds. . . .most frequently seen on the great American Freeway system.

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

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  You should suffer fools gladly... one day you will be one of them!

                  I once invented my great new tool for the context-menu that would select all faces with the same material as the one highlighted... then RickW pointed out that it is already a standard built-in tool under Select... ๐Ÿ˜ณ

                  TIG

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                  • pilouP Offline
                    pilou
                    last edited by

                    Mine of the day ๐Ÿ’š (thx Regis)
                    I have found that was a good idea ๐Ÿ’ญ
                    Draw first the line then use
                    echelle1.jpg
                    but... ๐Ÿ’š
                    you can also with only just enter in the VCB
                    (whatever unities in activity)
                    3.14cm
                    31.4mm
                    0.0314m
                    ... (i am not very familiar with inch ๐Ÿ’š
                    ๐Ÿ˜’

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

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                    • pilouP Offline
                      pilou
                      last edited by

                      Add to the previous thread ๐Ÿ˜„
                      I reread the doc (that was written in small that you can enter measure in VCB with the Scale tool! ๐Ÿ˜ณ

                      And also a cool one (in the same doc)! ๐Ÿ’š
                      You can Press in the SAME TIME SHIFT AND CTRL with the Scale tool ! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ˜ณ ๐Ÿ˜ณ
                      For have a super scaling result! ๐Ÿ’š

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

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                      • ToboboT Offline
                        Tobobo
                        last edited by

                        One this week was more of a remembering than a Duh moment.

                        Using the Entity Ifon box you can increase the length of a line and No. of sides of a circle.

                        Toby

                        Philippians 4:13

                        I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
                          last edited by

                          @tobobo said:

                          ...No. of sides of a circle.

                          And a polygon and an arc...

                          Gai...

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                          • pilouP Offline
                            pilou
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            Using the Entity Ifon box you can increase the length of a line

                            In what side? Good or false? ๐Ÿ˜„

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

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                            • spenceS Offline
                              spence
                              last edited by

                              One of my many many "Duh" moments came when I found out that while using the Paint Bucket Tool you could hold down Shift to paint all that match or hold Ctrl to paint all connected. I use this often.

                              Boy I have learned a lot of new stuff from this thread ๐Ÿ˜„

                              Spence

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                              • ToboboT Offline
                                Tobobo
                                last edited by

                                @unknownuser said:

                                @unknownuser said:

                                Using the Entity Ifon box you can increase the length of a line

                                In what side? Good or false? ๐Ÿ˜„

                                The changes its length in the same direction it has been drawn. it has to be unattached at one end, and that is the end the lengthens or shortens.

                                Toby

                                Philippians 4:13

                                I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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                                • J Offline
                                  Jim
                                  last edited by

                                  Has any one here also thought of compiling/organizing this thread into a more readable format? Wiki? Print?

                                  Hi

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                                  • pyrolunaP Offline
                                    pyroluna
                                    last edited by

                                    well... there's a sketchup-wiki in Dutch... so... yay! for Dutch people

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                                    • J Offline
                                      Jim
                                      last edited by

                                      Today I learned you can use the arrow keys to precisely move the selection in Paint.NET. (Holding Ctrl moves it by 10 pixels.)

                                      Hi

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                                      • GaieusG Offline
                                        Gaieus
                                        last edited by

                                        I just realised it the other day myself, too. ๐Ÿ˜„

                                        Gai...

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                                        • david_hD Offline
                                          david_h
                                          last edited by

                                          I've been taken to task just now on this one. . . I asked for a plugin to toggle the Construction lines on and off. . .turns out it's in the view menu. . .

                                          WHICH I NEVER USE BY THE WAY!!!!

                                          Hide Construction lines

                                          This is so humiliating. . .. ๐Ÿ˜ณ ๐Ÿ’š

                                          I'm okay now. . .


                                          Why I am an idiot.PNG

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

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                                          • J Offline
                                            Jim
                                            last edited by

                                            I just learned that Edit > Delete Guides is context-sensitive - it deletes guides all guides starting from the current editing context and deeper, but not from "higher" level contexts. I had always thought it always deleted all guides, everywhere.

                                            Hi

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