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    • pilouP Offline
      pilou
      last edited by

      ...and when you Press the SpaceBar that stop it vigorously! ๐Ÿ’š

      http://www.freebiker.net/FichesPratiques/Freinage_problemes/problemes_freinage.jpg

      Frenchy Pilou
      Is beautiful that please without concept!
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      • porch_unpluggedP Offline
        porch_unplugged
        last edited by

        @gaieus said:

        That's a "designed feature": Suspending the gravity setting

        ugh, i think i just made myself travel sick trying that out.

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        • porch_unpluggedP Offline
          porch_unplugged
          last edited by

          if you are trying to draw something small and the clipping plane is getting in the way, change to parallel projection view.

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
            last edited by

            I often find I get clipping issues more quickly with parallel view...

            Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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            • brodieB Offline
              brodie
              last edited by

              I'm on board with the parallel projection. I find that when you initially change to PP you'll get some bad clipping, but if you select your geometry and then zoom extents the clipping goes away and you can zoom in as much as you want.

              -Brodie

              steelblue http://www.steelbluellc.com

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              • V Offline
                valerostudio
                last edited by

                Left, Right, Up arrows lock the Red Green Blue Axis when using move! How did it take me 7 years to figure this one out!

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                • gillesG Offline
                  gilles
                  last edited by

                  Seven years!

                  You should read the manual, just in case. ๐Ÿ˜„

                  http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94862&topic=2458142&ctx=topic

                  " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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                  • V Offline
                    valerostudio
                    last edited by

                    There's a manual? ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                    • Wo3DanW Offline
                      Wo3Dan
                      last edited by

                      @gilles said:

                      Seven years!

                      You should read the manual, just in case. ๐Ÿ˜„

                      http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94862&topic=2458142&ctx=topic

                      Useful reading but here it lacks the information about how to use to rotate a group or component accurately according to the current drawing axes system with angle input.
                      Also I couldn't find anything about moving vertices. And even more, while doing so, how to lock moving a vertex to its own edge's direction. (=hover over the edge first, press [Shift], only then move the vertex)

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                      • cottyC Offline
                        cotty
                        last edited by

                        @wo3dan said:

                        ...lock moving a vertex to its own edge's direction. (=hover over the edge first, press [Shift], only then move the vertex)

                        New one for me, thank you!

                        my SketchUp gallery

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                        • gillesG Offline
                          gilles
                          last edited by

                          Yes nobody is perfect.

                          " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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                          • gillesG Offline
                            gilles
                            last edited by

                            @unknownuser said:

                            Also I couldn't find anything about moving vertices. And even more, while doing so, how to lock moving a vertex to its own edge's direction. (=hover over the edge first, press [Shift], only then move the vertex)

                            This one is new for me!
                            Well seven years to learn this too. ๐Ÿ˜ณ

                            " c'est curieux chez les marins ce besoin de faire des phrases "

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                            • Wo3DanW Offline
                              Wo3Dan
                              last edited by

                              @gilles said:

                              Yes nobody is perfect.

                              How true.
                              Fact is, I learned it (lock vertex to edge) from someone else, .....from Anssi.
                              And this was also after having used SU for several years. (Doh for me at that time)

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                              • GaieusG Offline
                                Gaieus
                                last edited by

                                @valerostudio said:

                                Left, Right, Up arrows lock the Red Green Blue Axis when using move! How did it take me 7 years to figure this one out!

                                And not only the Move tool but the line tool, too (just in case you needed it) ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                And yes, I only discovered it about a year ago or so? ๐Ÿ˜†

                                Gai...

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                                • broomstickB Offline
                                  broomstick
                                  last edited by

                                  @wo3dan said:

                                  And even more, while doing so, how to lock moving a vertex to its own edge's direction. (=hover over the edge first, press [Shift], only then move the vertex)

                                  There's always something new to learn..

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                                  • pilouP Offline
                                    pilou
                                    last edited by

                                    A funny thing with soap skin Bubble! ๐Ÿ’š

                                    you can copy / move, rotate even resize the result "C" before call the button Generate SoapBubble!! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

                                    for a collective Pressure on some objects from copy moved rotated even resized!
                                    But not from different objects Soap Skinned!
                                    It's not so bad! โ˜€

                                    Ps And you can of course stop the process make other things then retake them at any moments!
                                    Pressure is not additive just absolute! (can be negative or positive)

                                    dragon.jpg

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

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                                    • R Offline
                                      rv1974
                                      last edited by

                                      It's more effective to import DXF file generated from PLT (via Viewcompanion Premium)
                                      than original DWG one. No need to mess with Xref binding and parsecs from 0,0,0 ๐Ÿ‘Š .

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                                      • Mike AmosM Offline
                                        Mike Amos
                                        last edited by

                                        Another in the line of D'oh moments, I am trying to increase the accuracy that sketchup uses to place a point. I have scaled a group by x10 to see what I want to do but even now I find that trying to place a new line results in the start point NOT going where I want it to, rather the point goes only aproximately the same country as the location I want to start from. The start point WILL be another end point OR an intersection. Lovely this memory trick, learn something, leave it unused, forget it.........

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                                        • DanielD Offline
                                          Daniel
                                          last edited by

                                          I had an embarrassing DOH! moment the other day...I just discovered the "make component" icon on the toolbar! When was that added? All those years going through the pull-down edit menu.

                                          My avatar is an anachronism.

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                                          • pilouP Offline
                                            pilou
                                            last edited by

                                            In what number of version ?
                                            And what is the image of this icon ?

                                            @unknownuser said:

                                            All those years going through the pull-down edit menu.

                                            Seems you have also the Shortcut G on a selection ! ๐Ÿ’š

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

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