Workaround for disappearing "explode"-shortcut?
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Hi everybody.
I don't know about you, but even after the latest service release, on my Mac I cannont define a shortcut for "explode", which is as integral to my workflow as hardly another function. Well, more accurately, I can DEFINE one (Edit/Context Menu Flyout/Explode), but it doesn't do anything. I read way back when that I wasn't the only one with that problem, but protests have been few.Since Google still doesn't address this bug, and I have to use the bloody flyout menu 80 times a day, would any of you ruby wizards have an idea for a temporary quickfix/custumizable shortcut/workaround of any kind, to speed things up until that thing gets repaired?
I realize that it can't be a problem on PCs, or you'd all have raised merry hell by now, but any long suffering MAC users with a few minutes to spare?I'd be eternally grateful.
SAM from Vienna. -
@samtsham said:
Hi everybody.
I don't know about you, but even after the latest service release, on my Mac I cannont define a shortcut for "explode", which is as integral to my workflow as hardly another function. Well, more accurately, I can DEFINE one (Edit/Context Menu Flyout/Explode), but it doesn't do anything. I read way back when that I wasn't the only one with that problem, but protests have been few.Since Google still doesn't address this bug, and I have to use the bloody flyout menu 80 times a day, would any of you ruby wizards have an idea for a temporary quickfix/custumizable shortcut/workaround of any kind, to speed things up until that thing gets repaired?
I realize that it can't be a problem on PCs, or you'd all have raised merry hell by now, but any long suffering MAC users with a few minutes to spare?I'd be eternally grateful.
SAM from Vienna.You probably tried this anyway, but...
Select an object that could be exploded - e.g. a Group - Open the Menu > Windows > Preferences [dialog] > Shortcuts [tab] and Filter for 'Explode', pick the 'explode' off the 'edit' menu and assign a Key - e.g. Shift+X - Now when you have something Explode'able selected using Shift+X should Explode it ... Avoid using just 'X' as this conflicts with Copy+Ctrl for Array xNNN... -
Hi TIG.
Thanks, but yes, I've already tried that. As I wrote, in my case it just doesn't do anything. I've probably tried thirty different shortcuts and over the past year, I've tried it all over easily five times, just because I can't believe a shortcut I can define simply refuses to work.
A more accurate description would actually be, occasionally, right after defining it, if it is the first thing I did after restarting SketchUp and certain stars are aligned, the shortcut works ONE TIME. Then it's gone and remains ineffective forever. However, the last couple of attempts I could not even reproduce that one single instance when it worked.
It's a bug. It's even a bug someone from Google said "Ok, we know it's a bug, it goes on the list and we'll fix it.". After the third service release it hasn't been fixed, which is why I bother you guys. Because I need that shortcut.
Hope someone has an idea. In any way ... thanks.
SAM from Vienna.
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works perfectly for me (although i am on mac).
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Sam's also on Mac (see his first post) which makes this even more weird. Since I'm not on Mac, apart from a perfectly new download and reinstall (maybe uninstall first again) I cannot suggest anything.
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Just wondering if the keyboard shortcuts that keep disssappearing work more consistenty if we do this the old fasshioned way by saving/exporting the shortcuts to the perferences.dat file into the Support Folder?
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Hi Susan,
I'm not quite sure which preferences.dat-file you mean. On the Mac the shortcuts are saved in a file called Shortcuts.plist, and can neither be manually exported or imported from within Sketchup.
I seem to be the only one with this problem and should probably stop pestering you. I remember a number of people having the same problem when I mentioned it upon the release of V6, but after the big exodus I can't find those posts anymore.Ever since V6 started hogging the apple-key completely, and I had to change half of my shortcuts, I never got explode working again. I've also never had the automated backups working in any release of SU6. There is disk activity, on big projects up to ten minutes, but no file gets generated, and I've lost countless hours of work. Lately interface changes don't get saved anymore ... when I close the program I invariably get a crash report.
I just did a complete extermination and reinstall yesterday, and that wouldn't solve it either. As I'm in the middle of 3 projects and can't rebuild my entire system from scratch, I'll just have to fumble on.
Thank you for your suggestions, though. I really appreciate your help!
Regards,
SAM from Vienna -
I think you should contact tech support with all of this stuff. They may have something for you.
The best way to contact tech support nowadays is from within the help menu of an open application of SketchUp.
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