Some tips and tricks from out of the Box
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I'll throw this one in as one of the fundamentals.
So many people have trouble rotating to a specific axis.
Try adding a plane on the axis you want to guide your rotations.
Done correctly 3 rotations should be the maximum needed from any position.
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you are the hero of rotating!
Always nice to see alternative ways of doing things
What I'd instead:- align UCS to face
- copy face
- align UCS to world
- paste
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You lost me just before 1.
but I caught up at 4.In other words, what on earth are you talking about.
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The mentioned 4 steps in moving pictures...
("Copy" and "Paste" with shortcuts...)
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That makes perfect sense Cotty, what ucs is is still beyond my limited language skills.
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ucs=axes
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Here's a simple one, no plugins, no fancy tricks, just vanilla follow me. This shows why it is useful that follow me on a face removes the face. If it didn't there would be an internal face after the second follow me and it wouldn't form a solid.
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Keep going Box, great stuff...
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Another simple no plugin one.
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Great suspense till the end!
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Here's a very short one, straight to the point.
To create a radius corner of a specific size, start with the two point arc at any size, move along the edge till you get the magenta inference, click once, move back along that edge until you get the magenta a second time, don't click, let go of the mouse and type the radius you want and hit enter.
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always I have derived the desired radius with parallel guide lines - ok, it doesn't hurt to have a certain repertoir of geometry skills 
but hey, what would I/you have saved on time - so thanks to show this "hidden" secret !!!!! -
I'm pretty sure Cotty taught me that one.
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@box said:
Here's a very short one, straight to the point.
To create a radius corner of a specific size, start with the two point arc at any size, move along the edge till you get the magenta inference, click once, move back along that edge until you get the magenta a second time, don't click, let go of the mouse and type the radius you want and hit enter....and since it's arc you can modify the radius in entity info.
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@gilles said:
...and since it's arc you can modify the radius in entity info.
Or modify it via the cardinal points.
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Here's one from a while back.
Follow me in Groups/Components. Follow me can be used with the 'path' separated from the 'profile'. This is a great way to build a structure of separate solids. The 'path' needs to be raw geometry but the 'profile' can be a group or component. The trick to it is to select the path, then activate the Follow me tool, then right click on the 'Profile' group and choose Edit Group, then click the profile. -
@box said:
I'm pretty sure Cotty taught me that one.
I've tried to teach this to my last SketchUp class, I'm sure some days after the lesson they even don't remember to have seen the "trick".
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@box said:
Another simple no plugin one.
The concept of this one is a really great learning tool. I had some problems getting the sizes of everything to work out correctly. I also had some problems getting the delete tool to work out like in your video. But again, this is a GREAT learning exercise.
I wish there was a way to pause a gif. I had to watch several times to make sure I was catching all of the little tricks you were using.
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@ntxdave said:
I also had some problems getting the delete tool to work out like in your video.
That is just triple click, shift double click.
Triple click selects all, shift double click deselects the face and it's edges leaving the faces of the holes selected. -
I am learning something from every one of these posts.
SketchUp is a bit like sailing. You know that you will never know it all and that you will never stop learning.
Cheers Box.
Baz.
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