The "Duh!" thread (aka the Doh! thread)
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@pilou said:
Doh of the day! Surely trivial but never remarked!
Saving a file with objects who are not Components and Groups
New File
Import this file : it's converted in a Component!
And if you create a component and save it using File>Save as... and then import it, it'll be double wrapped.
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And Making a Component creates a new context menu on the Right Click Menu!
"Save As" (+ "Reload" + "Detach")
So more speed than the menu "File Save as" !
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I've just spent one hour asking myself why I could not copy-paste from an old SKP file to a new SKP file with a newly imported AutoCAD drawing. I run SketchUp's checkup, GPU-Z, Repaired SketchUp, reinstalled SketchUp... Nothing. Until I remembered these guys send me the AutoCAD drawings in milimeters instead of meters, but I imported it as meters... So the new drawing was gigantic and anything I copy-pasted from the old file was just too tiny to be seen.
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Why not use the "Zoom Extended" in a new file ?
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Today Penny has Dropped:
XnView is way better BP2 library explorer then a built-in one.
As well I use XnView as Component explorer for years now. Excellent with 2nd disply + drag'n'drop. -
New to this program, looking for a good extension for cabinet building and or wood working draw up.
Thanks
Odin's Favorite Eight Legged Horse' -
Super Doh of the day! Thanks Dave!
The arc Circle "Knife"! Make a Double Click at the end of the Arc Drawing!
Excellent!
Never made the Double Click! (just simple click: as it was not writed on the bottom help line!
And I surrely missed it on the manual!
Animation by Dave
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@pilou said:
Never made the Double Click! (just simple click: as it was not writed on the bottom help line!
And I surrely missed it on the manual!You probably missed this, too. If you want to place the same radius on other corners, double click near them.
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Very cool!
I suppose I am not the only one! -
I don't know if this is a new feature but I was pleasantly surprised to learn about it:
In the 3dWarehouse, select a model, look at the statistics in the panel on the right, if you hover / click on a tag (materials/components) you can import just one of those elements instead of the whole model.
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@dave r said:
You probably missed this, too. If you want to place the same radius on other corners, double click near them.
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@pilou said:
...I suppose I am not the only one!
I'm also a member of this unsuspecting club... -
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You probably missed this, too. If you want to place the same radius on other corners, double click near them.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! -
I know I should know this (being a top sketchukator and all---
Yeah, I am having a hard time containing my laughter too. . .)but as I said. .I know I should know this but I don't:as I go between scenes with sections how can I toggle between them and keep the section plane window off so I dont have to manually turn them off each time? I have always found the scene menu in SU very confusing and conveluted and I can't seem to get this to work as I want. Help please? Thanks.
David_H
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David, you can access them in the Outliner. Right click on the desired section cut in Outliner and activate it or deactivate as needed.
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Dave. . thanks for the response and please excuse the follow up. . . I guess I'm not following, or i didn't make my question clear and I don't use outliiner that much. . .is there a way to save the scene updates so that the windows just stay off? I don't see how Outline does that for me.
Thx,
D
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Never mind. .. I think I got it. I just update after the outliner thing. Correct?
Thx,
D
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Oh. Sorry. I didn't get that part. The display of section planes is a style setting thing so edit the style to turn them off, update the style and update the scenes.
Actually, if you edit the style and then update the scene, you should get a warning that tells you the style has been edited and asking if you want to update the style or create a new one.
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Thank you! it's really quite amazing how much of the basic stuff you forget when you don't dealwith it that often.
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