You know you're either addicted...
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You know you're either addicted to, or need a break from SketchUp when you're driving around looking at stuff and trying to visualize how to do it in Sketchup. It's true! Looking at houses and other object, I immediately go into the thought process of 'extrude that, offset and use the follow me tool, ohh that would work nicely with XYZ ruby'.
Is there hope for me?
Rick
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No, there's no hope.
You will just have to work through it, like I am trying to do.
The problem is, you will be frustrated by the fact that there is so much to model and so little time, and your real world obligations will constantly frustrate you, as they get in your way.There is, to me, an aesthetic, almost mystical atmosphere in my learning process, rather than regarding the modeling as simply a means to an end, so to speak.
My sympathies, rickgraham, we are doomed.
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or trying to orbit a pdf.
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@solo said:
or trying to orbit a pdf.
Yeah, whats with that, they don't rotate worth a damn, jpegs either
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@dale said:
@solo said:
or trying to orbit a pdf.
Yeah, whats with that, they don't rotate worth a damn, jpegs either
Nor do Word, Pages, nor browser windows! It's stupid. I'm used to it in SU, on my iPhone, why can't everything?
Actually, if you read jef Raskins' book "The Humane Interface" you'll see that he proposed something like that. Although jef & I disagreed on a number of things about UIs I'm convinced it would be an interesting experience to have the system he wanted to make.
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Jpegs, spread sheets, none of them behave properly. And driving around visualizing how to model things... I was afraid it was just me! Mitcorb is right, real obligations are such a hassle when there are cool models to be made. Not to mention the interference of mundane junk like sleep, eating, etc. No hope at all. Maybe it's time we started an SU-AA!
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@solo said:
or trying to orbit a pdf.
The worst are SU screenshots posted (mostly) in the help areas of the forums.
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I experience the same as well. I keep trying to right click on one of my co-workers and choose Explode.
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@unknownuser said:
I experience the same as well. I keep trying to right click on one of my co-workers and choose Explode.
Yes, if only life had contextual menus.
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I guess the only way to help is to get addicted to something else...
Games are real easy, I can give you a whole list or two right now.
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@rickgraham said:
You know you're either addicted to, or need a break from SketchUp when you're driving around looking at stuff and trying to visualize how to do it in Sketchup. It's true! Looking at houses and other object, I immediately go into the thought process of 'extrude that, offset and use the follow me tool, ohh that would work nicely with XYZ ruby'.
Is there hope for me?
Rick
Yep! It's called "The Sickness." And as you can see from some of the post, some have it real bad. From one sicko to the next, welcome. You know when you really have it bad, when you write a book about it. That is a sure sign that you are incurable. I think forum moderation is right up there also!!
They have found one cure though. Drinking massive amounts of coffee seems to help, or at least keeps you doing thing so fast you don't notice. Still working on that one, but have a tentency to lean towards just drinking a lot, no matter what it is.
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You know your addicted when...you think just about every office project should be modeled, even doing some of it on your own time, 'cause their isn't enough in the budget to model it, but you know it would look soooo good in 3D.
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2 common symptoms are ....... 1) when you see the final construction docs and tell the Project Manager "man that would have looked much cooler if it was modeled in sketchup" and then 2) when you tell that same PM that he wouldn't be so over his production budget for CD's if the designer had explored his options using sketchup in the Schematic phase instead of constantly changing the production drawings through later phases.
Dean
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Another symptom is a whole bunch of models in progress caused by imagining how you would model this or that and then trying it out, and then somewhere in the process, the challenge fades, or some other more important issue arises, like groceries, or lawnmower, or take out the trash.
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Great thread!
Glad to hear its not just me ... !
Every walk, bicycle ride, holiday or shopping trip I go on, I now think "How would I model that" or "that would look great in google earth".
I now actually find myself tailoring bike rides so we gos past a particular church or interesting building. This is great, it means I have got tonnes of photos to model some buildings from, BUT, there's just not enough hours in the day to model them!
....I even had a dream about Fredoscale the other day - I accidentally put rounded edges onto my fiancee's face, she was distraught and I couldn't undo!
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@unknownuser said:
I accidentally put rounded edges onto my fiancee's face, she was distraught and I couldn't undo
haha, dude you are mental. I did, however, try sandbox tools on my cat
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You know you need a break when...
you're walking through your model to get a user-perspective, round a corner, and the iClone 3d dude standing there scares you so bad you spill your wine all over your keyboard.
True story, unfortunately
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Golden ratios all over the place. Everything constructed of primitives. "Oooh - look how that material reflect the light.". Caustic reflections in my glass by the lunch table have me sitting there turning the glass over and over in the light. ...until I hear the deafening silence of question-marks from my co-workers. You'd think they'd be used to it by now...
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@mitcorb said:
Another symptom is a whole bunch of models in progress caused by imagining how you would model this or that and then trying it out, and then somewhere in the process, the challenge fades, or some other more important issue arises, like groceries, or lawnmower, or take out the trash.
95% of my projects (not just SU projects) are uncompleted. Then again, I have a really high bar for what I consider "complete". I don't like "good enough".
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