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

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    • jeff hammondJ
      jeff hammond
      last edited by

      @david_h said:

      Quick question. . .It seems to me that in SU's long past. . .version 4 or so there was a push pull trick where you could just click on a shape to be PP'd and then either hold a shift key to lock the axis or and endpoint of something and it would just auto push to that point. Kinda like Follow me, but it was innate to the PushPull tool. Does anyone remember this?

      Thx,

      D

      the only push/pull modifier key is:

      Option(alt) = create new starting face.

      (as seen in the lower left hand corner of the drawing window πŸ˜‰ )

      dotdotdot

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      • pilouP
        pilou
        last edited by

        @unknownuser said:

        as seen in the lower left hand corner of the drawing window

        Can you put an image of that ?

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        • BoxB
          Box
          last edited by

          @jeff hammond said:

          the only push/pull modifier key is:

          Option(alt) = create new starting face.

          (as seen in the lower left hand corner of the drawing window πŸ˜‰ )

          It's Ctrl on windows.


          Ctrl.JPG

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          • jeff hammondJ
            jeff hammond
            last edited by

            @box said:

            It's Ctrl on windows.

            oops.. thought it was ctrl for cmmd & alt for option
            thanks

            dotdotdot

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            • BoxB
              Box
              last edited by

              Don't you mean D'oh instead of oops!!?

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              • pilouP
                pilou
                last edited by

                I am reassured! πŸ˜„

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

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                • jeff hammondJ
                  jeff hammond
                  last edited by

                  @box said:

                  Don't you mean D'oh instead of oops!!?

                  πŸ˜† d'oh!

                  you're right.

                  dotdotdot

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                  • emerald15E
                    emerald15
                    last edited by

                    Not so much 'Doh' but 'Eureka'! for me. I've been trying to draw a circle directly to the vertical plane for a least two years! 😳 I only knew it was possible from watching other video clips. At last I've found this thread! πŸ˜„

                    404 Not Found

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                    (sketchucation.com)

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                    • pbacotP
                      pbacot
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                      @cotty said:

                      I didn't know that you can get non-perpendicular axes 😲

                      This seems less like a "Duh!" than "WTF!" What could one (mortal) do with such a thing?

                      MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                      • Bob JamesB
                        Bob James
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                        @jql said:

                        Apologies accepted if you post it on the Duh thread!

                        So here goes my duh:

                        @bob james said:

                        This seems so simple that it must already exist, but I could not find it.

                        For example: I want to make a 4" square post at a specific spot. If I wanted a round post there I would just select the circle tool, place the cursor at the point and drag out (or put a value in the VCB).

                        I'd like to be able to do that for a square: select tool, place the cursor at the point and drag out (or put a value in the VCB)

                        I apologize if this already exists

                        @jql said:

                        LOL bob you can make your life difficult if you draw a 4 sided circle and explode it.

                        Or you can make your life painless if you draw a 4 sided polygon without exploding it.

                        Those two are native tools. Do you forget sketchup also has native tools?

                        @bob james said:

                        Duh 😳
                        (But still think it would be a useful one-click native tool) πŸ˜†

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                        • JQLJ
                          JQL
                          last edited by

                          πŸ‘Ώ All that ::DUH:: belong to us! πŸ‘Ώ

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                          • S ShepherdS
                            S Shepherd
                            last edited by

                            I just today noticed with solid tools, if you subtract a transparent solid from another shape it leaves behind transparent faces. I suppose I mostly paint after these operations are complete.

                            solid odd.gif

                            Shep

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                            • R
                              roland joseph
                              last edited by

                              Didn't have a clue till today that while you push pull you can add a face by hitting "ctrl" on a pc or "option" on a Mac

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                              • cottyC
                                cotty
                                last edited by

                                A little one...
                                I've had problems with drag&drop of images from the web browser to SU. No I've found the reason: I've changed the startup rights for SU to "always start as administrator". After changing this for the browser too (or both without these rights), drag&drop is back again...

                                my SketchUp gallery

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                                • piratebrianP
                                  piratebrian
                                  last edited by

                                  When taking one surface and copy pasting it into an unrelated group, if you click on the destination surface before you do the control-v paste you newly placed surface will auto align. Found this one by accident, it is probably page 2 of the instructions, But bahhh instructions.

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                                  • pilouP
                                    pilou
                                    last edited by

                                    Thx to JQL πŸ˜„
                                    Move Copy a group

                                    @unknownuser said:

                                    if you double-click it, you edit it, andeven if you do nothing on it, it is made into a different definition, therefor "unique".

                                    Not sure that was on the manual ? πŸ˜„

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

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                                    • AureusA
                                      Aureus
                                      last edited by

                                      I forgot what this tread is about but no doubt - it's a record breaking thread: probably the longest living thread here.
                                      Like a submarine. Just when you think it's down it goes up to the surface. Over and over again. πŸ˜„

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                                      • JQLJ
                                        JQL
                                        last edited by

                                        @pilou said:

                                        Thx to JQL πŸ˜„

                                        It's the second time I make one of you hotshots have a duh moment! First it was Bob!

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                                        • cottyC
                                          cotty
                                          last edited by

                                          Followme: path and shape in different context

                                          I've always copied a path into a group to do a followme, but you can enter that group after you have selected the path with the followme tool...

                                          followcontext.gif

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                                          • BoxB
                                            Box
                                            last edited by

                                            But be aware Cotty,that doing it with the path in a group will give you strange results.


                                            Group.gif

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