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    • A Offline
      Arx
      last edited by

      Space - Select
      Shift + Space - Move
      Ctrl + Space - Rotate
      Alt + Space - PushPull
      ~ - Get Dimensions Plugin
      Shift + ~ - Model Info
      Alt + Z - Tape Mesure
      Shift + Z - Rectangle Tool
      H - Hide Rest of Model

      That way the most frequently used tools are all under my left hand, so I don't even have to look at the keyboard to use them.

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        DavidBoulder's image of his key assignments makes me think it would be nice to have a keyboard with the various tool icons instead of letters.

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        • thomthomT Offline
          thomthom
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          @dave r said:

          DavidBoulder's image of his key assignments makes me think it would be nice to have a keyboard with the various tool icons instead of letters.

          If you have a few greens to spare...
          http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/

          http://img.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/optimus_maximus_01w.jpg

          If you go to the Demo page you can see a layout for Photoshop.
          http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/demo/

          Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
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            (www.artlebedev.com)

            http://img.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-tactus/optitact-color.jpg

            http://img.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-tactus/optitact-side.jpg

            Apparently it will be cheaper than the Optimus because it doesn't have a screen per key.

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

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            • thomthomT Offline
              thomthom
              last edited by

              Though I'm not sure how nice it would be to use a keyboard without physical keys... maybe just a habit adjustment...?

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

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              • Dave RD Offline
                Dave R
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                Cool! But $2400US. 😲

                That would be really neat in conjunction with that tablet I'm eying.

                I was thinking a bit lower tech. Like a keyboard with transparent key covers that could be removed and little icons printed on paper inserted.

                ThinkGeek shows it at $1600US but not available.

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
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                  That could be cool. I see your point but you could make it so frequently used keys are bigger or in easier to reach locations.

                  Even the Aux which appears to be only a prototype would be good.

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
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                    It can display video on its surface. ...so maybe a 3d model...?

                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      That would be neat.

                      I was looking at the Project Blog and there's a compact keyboard in the works with larger displays on the keys (64x64) and expected to sell for under $1000US. Of course that was from June. Who knows what's really going to be available.

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                      • DavidBoulderD Offline
                        DavidBoulder
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                        I had thought it would be a nice interface to assign keyboard shortcuts to have a keyboard image that you could just drag tools into vs. the current method. Another thing that would be nice (short of improved GUI to assign keyboard shortcuts) is a plugin that would generate a keyboard shortcut screenshot based on your current settings.

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                        David Goldwasser
                        OpenStudio Developer
                        National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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                        • Dave RD Offline
                          Dave R
                          last edited by

                          David, those are great ideas. There's a plugin to generate a list of the assigned keyboard shortcuts. I wonder if it is possible to make a plugin that would paste PNG images at specified coordinates over a drawing of the keyboard.

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                          • EarthMoverE Offline
                            EarthMover
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                            Drumming up an old thread....but is there anyway to access a list of assigned keyboard shortcuts and perhaps export them as .csv? I'm teaching my wife Sketchup and want to get her used to the shortcuts I have setup, but am being too lazy to write them all down.

                            3D Artist at Clearstory 3D Imaging
                            Guide Tool at Winning With Sketchup
                            Content Creator at Skapeup

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                            • Dave RD Offline
                              Dave R
                              last edited by

                              There's a plugin that will create a list of the assigned shortcuts. I think it is called shortcuts.rb. I'll see if I can find the link.

                              Here you go: http://rld.crai.archi.fr/rld/plugin_details.php?id=373

                              You can then copy the shortcuts from the list and paste them into whatever sort of document you want.

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                              • Rich O BrienR Offline
                                Rich O Brien Moderator
                                last edited by

                                There's also this....

                                http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=266379#p266379

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                                  numerobis
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                                  i have my standart modeling tools assigned to mouse buttons in combination with "shift", "strg" and "alt" (the mouse buttons no.3-5 have assigned the function keys "F3", and "F8" and "F10" assigned)
                                  I can select them without thinking. It's more like finger gestures that happen automatically.
                                  The resulting combinations are at the moment:

                                  F3..........................pointer/select
                                  F3+shift.................push/pull
                                  F3+ctrl...................mirror selection (plugin)
                                  F3+alt....................line
                                  F8..........................move
                                  F8+shift.................rotate
                                  F8+ctrl..................scale
                                  F8+alt...................rectangle
                                  F3+shift+ctrl..........tape measure
                                  F3+shift+alt...........circle
                                  F8+shift+ctrl..........fredo scale - box scaling
                                  F8+ctrl+alt............follow me
                                  F3+shift+ctrl+alt....paint bucket
                                  F8+shift+ctrl+alt....offset

                                  and some keyboard only:

                                  ^............................reverse face
                                  X............................toggle x-ray
                                  Q............................remove all materials
                                  H............................toggle hidden geometry
                                  G............................make group
                                  G+shift...................make component
                                  v............................field of view
                                  z............................zoom extends

                                  T+shift+ctrl............uv-frontface to backface
                                  T+shift+alt.............uv-backface to frontface
                                  T+shift+ctrl+alt......delete backside material

                                  and some standart shortcuts like
                                  shift+ctrl+v............paste in place
                                  T............................top view
                                  .
                                  .
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