A Welcome Message to New SketchUcation Members
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Hi - I'm a woodworker, pretty new to SU. I think I'm having an "if I knew what it was called I could look it up" problem; it has to have been asked and answered a zilllion times but...
If I design, for example, a table -- all the joinery, dimensions, etc. -- and then my client wants it to be shorter/wider/taller/whatever, how do I insert/remove a slice from the middle? If I use the Scaling tool, everything stretches or compresses, so if for example I make it longer, the legs go oblong, the end overhangs increase, even the end aprons get thicker in proportion...
I think I want to create two section planes and then move them together or apart, but maybe that's how wome other program does it.
Thanks, -Carl-
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Hi Carl and welcome to SCF!
The Move tool will be the one to use here (maybe in different, separate steps however).
With a left-to-right selection box, select one half of the table (in my example). This way you will only select what is fully and completely inside the selection box.
See how only things on that side are selected - now with the Move tool, start stretching (or shrinking) the middle part. Make sure to do this along a convenient direction (like an axis in my example).You can lock the Move tool on the axes with the arrow keys;
left = green,
Right = red,
up/down = blue.
Then there is always Fredoscale of course but first learn it the native, SketchUp way...:
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Gai- Thanks! In action this doesn't look like it should work, but it's exactly what I needed! I expect I missed this in the tutorials last summer... Locking the movement direction really helps to avoid 'unexpected' results! Thanks again, -Carl-
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Hi, I introduce zalie from Indonesia and want to know much about the Sketchup ... yes please be guided
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Hello everyone, I'm called George desenhiosta designer furniture. I'm new to forum and want to learn a lot with you. Thanks Gustavo
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Hello !
I'm new to SU and already having problems
You can visit my models at http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?viewer=0318254298444948657821582&scoring=m
Shears,
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@nicolasm said:
Hello !
I'm new to SU and already having problems
You can visit my models at http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?viewer=0318254298444948657821582&scoring=m
Nico.Ask some specific questions and we'll try to help you...
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Hello! My name is Pavel, from Russia. I am a new user of this forum, and me am very difficult to be guided here as english I know isn't very good yet. Say me please, in what topic would be possible to ask a question on a plugin which to me it would be desirable to use or offer idea about creation of a certain plug-in to the advanced users writing plug-ins? I am not able to work yet with it.
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Hi Pavel and welcome!
I am not sure what exactly you want; a plug-in to help write an(other) plug-in???
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Hello there !
I'm currently trying to have a miniature plane flying in front of the camera in a small room (Airfix Dogfighter like...) and I'd like to thank a lot Pixero and Fredo whose work is VERY handy.
I manage to have some kind of nice curve for my camera motion, I now need to see how I will animate my plane relatively to the camera... Scripts is the way to do that, I think.
Anyway, thanks a lot and continue the good work !
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Hi there!
For an introduction you could go to the Official SU blog, since I am the most recent "Featured Modeler" in this blog. I was watching an online video about the Sketchup Basecamp (I dream to be there once). In the speech this SketchUcation site was mentioned. I had been visiting it already but registrated only today.
I am a fanatic Geo-modeler but want to learn more about rendering and Ruby things as well.
For dutch SUpers: I have a weblog.Thanks,
Dick Stada -
Hi Dick and welcome! Nice to have some more geo-modellers aboard!
We have a dedicated "GE Subforum" under the main SU Forum if you are interested.
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@gaieus said:
Hi Pavel and welcome!
I am not sure what exactly you want; a plug-in to help write an(other) plug-in???
I would like to express idea in a topic, but I do not know what, and whether there is it, on a writing of plug-ins pluginsmakers for a writing of those plug-ins, hope you me understood? Thanks.
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Okay, I think I understand. You have an idea and would like to ask if somebody could write a plugin for that.
I think best would be to go to the Plugins Forum and start a new topic with the [REQUEST] word in the subject. Just like this one for example:
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Oh Yeah. I almost forgot. Hello World.
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Hi, I'm new here.
I'm a SketchUp abuser.Oh stop with the "Jello World" already people.
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Hi everyone, I'm new new here. I recently downloaded the free version 8 and I am having problems getting plugins to work. Im on a PC with windows 7. Any help would be appreciated. I look forward to learning a lot here. Thanks!
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Welcome jp261:
Sketchup 8 is new and many plugins were designed based on either v6 or v7, unless otherwise noted. Some of these may not have been updated. Best to post your issue in the specific plugin thread/topic so that the author can respond and make suggestions and updates. -
Hi jp261 and welcome to SCF
Please, write up a more detailed "report" about what is not working.
When I first installed SU 8, I slimply copied all my plugins from the respective folder of SU 7 to that of SU 8 and except for one plugin (which has been fixed ever since) everything worked as expected.
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Thanks for the quick replies. I'm trying to get Housebuilder to work. I have created a new folder under plugins named Housebuilder and placed these three RB files in it: Housebuilder, Housebuilder_extension, Housebuilder Tool. Ive tried different variations of this as well as putting the RB files directly in the plugin folder. But I cant figure out how to open the tools in sketchup. I downloaded the files from Ruby Library Depot.
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