Show Me Your SketchUp
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@chris fullmer said:
...My toolbars change a lot. I turn them on and off all the time. I uninstall plugins very often by moving them out of the plugins folder. Then put them back later when I need them again. I use my SU UI very dynamically, it would be awesome if it was built to be more flexible naturally instead of having to sort of run the show manually...
Ditto. I have many disabled toolbars and even disabled plugins which I use less frequently. Despite the very important and useful improvements with toolbar restore and such, I would also love to see some further development here.
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I love the simplicity of the SU toolset and like to focus on getting the best out it by not having a cluttered workspace. Had that on previous softs. I also run very few plugins...
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KISS....Keep it simple Silly....I can't stand more than one row of Icons. I rarely have the floating dialog items up unless I need them. And then as soon as I no longer need them they get closed. I'm all about screen real estate and I want the work area to be the biggest possible area.
Screen Resolution 1920x1200
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I'm not an intensive user - a lot of terrain work, and measuring. Some point cloud and DXF/DWG import export for survey details, and some rendering. I use specifiic plugins (Put on Layer, Pipe along path, co-ords tag, points cloud) extensively.<p>
Screen shot and Plugins folder below.
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Hi,
I know it must be redundant but is there a solution to save the settings of the menu bar?
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@leminilab said:
Hi,
I know it must be redundant but is there a solution to save the settings of the menu bar?
Do you mean the toolbar positions? Yes, there is in version 8.
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Here is mine.
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I have dual screen setup at work.
- I put all the toolbars as crammed up as possible - trying to maintain their positions so I remember where everything is.
- the different windows I let float around on the second screen, because when they stick together, things get lost outside of the screen.
- I've got just about every key on the keyboard mapped to a function or plugin... If I've got something mapped I try to keep it's toolbar off.
(I've got an idea for a separate thread for everybody's keyboard shortcuts, if that interests anyone)
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... and mine.
I really don't like to have the bars more than 2 icons wide/deep; I'd rather find them on the menus than take up any more real estate; and frankly, icons are harder to find the more rows and columns you have...and all those slight delays add up. However, the 3 palettes are open all the time. It would be nice if you could crush the Materials a little smaller, but there seems to be a limit beyond which it won't shrink any further.
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And here's mine - single screen.
It has never been so crowded before, because I have used very few plugins in the past. Now I'm trying out a lot of them, and probably I'll remove those that I don't use. And I'll probably move that right side single bar to the left side and make it a 3-col? I use shortcuts for everything, including show/hide dialogs/panels, so it's quick to get a clean screen.
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@unknownuser said:
@pixero said:
I recently started to use a three icons wide toolbar at the right side
Looks to me it's on the left side.
not if Im standing on my head.
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Just realized that I haven't shown you MY SketchUp yet. You'll probably all think this is kind of funny, but it is the honest truth. This is really how I use SketchUp– and I do use it pretty frequently, too. I have keyboard shortcuts memorized for the small number of tools I use, and use a keyboard shortcut (q, for no particular reason) to toggle my panels on and off.
john
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Well, you Mac users...
I cannot believe that you do not get some share from Apple because the Mac version is much easier to customize!
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@unknownuser said:
I cannot believe that you do not get some share from Apple because the Mac version is much easier to customize!
downside is you stuck with ATI cards.
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Here's mine. I recently started to use a three icons wide toolbar at the left side both for getting all plugins in view and for not having a too wide and low workscreen. (I also use VRay and Twilight that is temporarily removed here.)
My plugins:
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Very empty with, on occasion, an extra plugin toolbar on the left.
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@jbacus said:
I use, and use a keyboard shortcut (q, for no particular reason) to toggle my panels on and off.
How do you toggle all the panels on and off with one key press? Is that on the mac only?
Since the start of my using sketchup (since version 5) I've been wishing to have a sort of KIOSK mode, that would hide all the toolbars and windows with a key press.
- It would be great for presenting a project (remove all the clutter)
- It would go well in conjunction with the sizer plugin which I've never used, because I don't wish to mess up my toolbars every time. (restore positions doesn't always work)
- Just like there is "restore toolbars positions" there could be several toolbar setups. 'presenting mode', 'render mode' 'editing mode' or any custom mode...
On the other hand, I believe that when a program is too customizable (UI and shortcuts) it can cause the program to be less appealing and messy in appearance and operation, for experienced users, and especially for new ones who have no idea what toolbar might be hiding where).
Take Adobe Photoshop for instance. In it's early stages, it was very tough to customize (shortcuts couldn't be changed). But once you've learned the shortcuts and the basic structure of the program, you were free to use it in your "native speed" on any computer it was installed on.
Right now I have 4 or 5 people sketchupping at work on different computers, and each has a different toolbar setup and it drives all of us up the wall finding things. Luckily I was quick to recognize the problem of over customization, and made sure that all computers had at least the same keyboard shortcuts setup (similar to photoshop shortcuts BTW). Half a problem solved...
Anyway, my point is, that over customization can be a hindrance if not tackled correctly!
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