Posts made by Aris

actually, the mouse is now the space navigator (mainly). Almost all the navigation is done by it and naga is used for clicking. you will find it is much more fluid and I would say much more relaxing.
With the right hand, you only use the thumb (for the lateral buttons) and the index finger for clicking.
(many people tell me that when I work, I look like a statue because I hardly move my hands.)

Hello everyone!

I have been using this configuration for about a year now and I realized that there are not many people doing it, so I want to share it with you, either to share the knowledge or to get your opinions if there is a better way to work more efficiently with Sketchup.

The basic idea is that by using 3d connexion space navigator (with Ctrl and Shift assigned to its two buttons) in combination with Razer Naga's 12 buttons you can have endless shortcut combinations.
For a long time now, I have been using the keyboard only to pass numeric values when designing with sketchup.

Many of the shortcuts are SU's native ones while others are custom for the tools I use the most.
here is the table where I write the shortcuts in case I forget or change some of them.
(I have been wanting to sit down some time to organize them in a more intuitive and logical way but never seem to find the time)

I have found that this way I was able to liberate a lot of screen real estate and work much faster.
In some occasions that I had to use SU in another computer, I felt that my hands were tied.
So, this is my way of working. What do you think? do you have another suggestion?

Hello everybody!

I'm trying to make a bent stair, so I created the stair's "profile" and intended to bend it using radial bending and then joint push pull in order to give it width.

in order to do that, I made the steps as simple as possible and turned slicing off (so that the shape would be bent only at the vertical edges.

unfortunatelly, bending screwed up the normals and when I tried to use the JPP faces were extruded weirdly.

Is there something I can do about it?
I know that a solution would be to extrude first and bend later, but because of reasons of repetition and workflow It would serve me better to do it this way

sorry, my bad. I thought you were referring to the plugin version all this time, I'm downloading latest sketchup right now. Thanks for bearing with me.

Doesn't installing it from plugin store guarantee that it's the latest version?

Sometimes giving up helps!
I reverted to the old plugins folder, relaunched SU and every toolbar appeared undocked, including ET!!!
I relaunched it a couple of times and now it seems stable.
finally to enjoy it (it's a great plugin).

yes, I told you, it is checked/visible everywhere

plugins manager, plugins menu, preferences/extensions, toolbars dialogue
it's only absent in the toolbar right click menu.

That's weird!
after I checked and unchecked it from the toolbars dialogue and moving around the other toolbars, it finaly appeared but without a frame, so I cannot move it!

here's the new plugins folder (I also gave it full rights)

yes I have it installed and there's no problem there

yes, I did move all the toolbars (before) and now that I removed everything, it still isn't there. (which I suppose is apparent since it doesn't appear as a choice in the right click menu...)

Same story! I tried what you said, even relaunched SU and still it appears everywhere except
the toolbars...

sorry, I meant right click...

ok, I've installed it from plugin store

TIG: Extrude Tools v2.1
IMPORTANT UPDATE - A varied toolset for Extruding Edges into meshes etc... Now future-proofed...
Downloads: 6267 [ Version Updated: 2013/05/30 ]

-the plugin appears checked in preferences/extensions/Extrude tools
-It appears checked in view/toolbars.
-It does not even appear as a choice when I left-click the toolbars void space...
I did what you said with the top left toolbars still nothing...
could there be some conflict with files from older versions left in plugins folder or some other plugin?

I still have a problem!
I made sure I'm an administrator, I gave full rights to the plugins folder, I set sketchup to "run as administrator" I reinstalled it 3 or four times and every time The contents of TIGtools file keep on disappearing upon starting sketchup! (the plugins are working, it's just that the toolbar is nowhere to be seen)

hello everyone!

I have the strangest problem.

I install Extrusion tools manualy, everything works perfectly, but the next time I open the program, it's gone! (some of the rb's are missing from the plugins folder.
I checked the antiviruse's log and didn't find anything so it's not that.
Does anyone have any idea what it could be?
(SU pro 13)

Great plugin! very nice interface and very useful!
I would suggest (don't know if it is doable) giving the option to create dialog boxes as well.

it was wonderful!!!
It was an amazing experience and for me it was breathtaking meeting all that great people in person!
indeed a little more preparation would be useful.
I hope somebody will take the initiative to gather all the videos that were taken in one forum or youtube channel.

I propose making the 2012 basecamp in the Ionian Islands. (if you do that, I'll take you sailing for free)