SketchUp Make Erased/Changed Shortcuts during Modeling.
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Hello Everyone,
So I'm on a Macbook pro using SketchUp Make 2017 because I'm cheap and can basically find plugins for all the Pro features (shoutout to all the developers on this site - a million thanks)
I usually use the shortcut "CMD+G" to make something a group. The default SketchUp shortcut for components if the G key so that's what I set it up as. I've had this shortcut pretty much ever since I began using SketchUp on my Mac.
Today, this morning, while I was in the process of modeling something the CMD+G defaulted to "Make Component" instead of "Make Group". The G key still does what it's supposed to - but now my "Make Group" shortcut has switched to "Make Component". This all happened in a matter of minutes - I didn't close and reopen anything I literally used the original shortcut minutes before and now it's been replaced.
To make matters worse it's now preventing me from using the CMD key on any other shortcuts - which means all the other shortcuts that I had set now have to switch to SHIFT or OPT in order to make them work again.
Has anyone ever had this happen to them? Any ideas? I would greatly appreciate any advice. I've been getting an update notification here in the last few days so maybe that has something to do with it.
Thanks,
T.
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Never happened to me.
Doesn't SU on Mac store keyboard shortcuts in a playlist file?
It does sound weird.
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That indeed sounds very strange!
You are not allowed to create your own shortcuts involving the command key (and so far as I know, never have been). This is because the command key chords are hard-wired into the SketchUp menus, not managed via the user shortcuts system. So it is quite unexpected that anything could change how they work. If you open the Edit menu, what does it show as the keyboard shortcuts for the Make Component and Make Group items?
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Hey Guys,
Thanks for the info, I think I may have goofed and mistaken a simple override as an error. I've now learned that if something is already a group and you try to Cmd+G it the default is Make Component... So it looks like I reset my hotkeys for no reason facepalm
After a few minutes things were back to normal - I had ended up creating duplicate shortcuts for things. Next time I won't be in such a rush.
Anyways, Thanks again,
T.
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