AMAZZ ZING,,,All I have to do is remember sometime to learn it, I think I'm blocked by thought
that voice commands are directed more for disabilities , tho you show that a mouse/voice combination
is well worth learning , now I have a good reason to talk to myself & the computer ,,,Jon

a great subject ,one I have many ideas on and I am collecting related posts. the reality is SU is
a very interactive program ,I refer to that as "good flow" thats between my mind and the next
action relavent to tools and menu's. As programs get older they seem to loose this,and become
cluttered , therefor act now, . There is some connection to a China plugin managing plugins ,tho
this to on second brief look was a re worked mass toolbar,, I am working on the idea of chosen Master Tools that carry any user chosen combination as a drop-down, each drop down button can subsequently carry any related tools or the rest of it's plugin collective[user choice], the only help I have found to keep my toolbar minimal as an example is the animator,prefereces allows user to select buttons to show on toolbar , the others are available when in use anyway,, , the plugins still reside in the tool shed or on line ,,there is another post somewhere with a small active user tool-kit attatched ,by choice, to the current tool ,,similar to hot-keys ,,and fast edit numbers,,Jon,,,so far

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Helpfull post that line creation is not so easy to change in SU..as a programmer (us none programming
thinkers can only suggest ,) A direction would simply be PENCIL BOX as the annalog variety SIZE AND COLOUR AND LINE STYLE ,Windows 10 INK WINDOW has lots of simple create tools and LAYOUT (if u got spare $695) anyway it is still great and I,LL TRY TO DOWNLOAD that 2d TOOLS again and not leave it in the
LOCAL LIBRARY this time ,,,JON,, 1 WEEK or so latter ,,THE answer is YES 2D TOOLS and TOOLS ON SURFACE fill the void for me .Jon..

NOT tottally sure wot yuou are ALL on about tho there is some hint of programming a mouse to SU that would be nice to no ,,+ my little issue that --if PAN is selected WHEEL BUTTON can ORBIT (IF you have
wheel button) so ,if ORBIT is sellected . wheel button could PAN ,and mine does,nt ,,+ has anyone
usefull knowledge with PROGRAMMABLE MICE and SU ..JON..

@john sayers said:

I would like the Windows version to have 2 or more files open at once - I gather the Mac version already has this feature.

see if this works , if I try and move it I PROBARBLY loose it ,,my relavent post is in DEVELOPERS FORUM headed DOC MULTIPLE MODELS the NEW (full) pic did not upload and I am short of line time from Jon

I would try ,,cross reference organiser tho 14 day trial would not load ,,probarbly more than a single user needs,, I still work with my collage A3 drawing board , and can often have many drawings to hand,, multiple SU opened has no flow ,,so here is an idea of how it could possibly work ,if one of those those magic programmer,s "clock it" Jon ,,,

docked models could have a user default size and window position so swapping is immediate ,,successive models ,,the same,, to unclutter the view ,floating model commands ,use the main toolbar choices,,>>> cliq M-doc,, > open doc models folder ( same as model folder) select 1 or more models > cliq open ,,this then loads all reference models needed to M-doc > float over doc to select,> this and a few more intracuss,s er might create a work flow JON ,,trying,,

@juju said:

Hi Jonathon, which version of SU are you using?

make 17 ,,just 3 months CAD ,ing,,,a lot to do ,,and not much reason to..if in orbit,,you will notice a large sign stuck into planet earth " private property ,,keep off" Jon..

2nd post with helpful attatchment ,,if you no drafting (pencil & papper) then referring to many drawings as you progress a new one , is everything ,, I have tried opening SU multiple times,, this does work ,,yet switching from model to model or splitting the screen disturbs the perspective and has no work flow .Refering to the above image , could possibly allow fast accurate switching between models ,with LIVE floating model or models as having SU open many times,, Is this then the same as the OS ,having multiple docked files ( say FILE EXPLORER ) yet not having to open the OS many times. ( still learning ,,this post should possibly be in THE WISH LIST ,that I only saw after posting this ,,,AH ,,if I try and move it ,I PROBARBLY ERRASE IT ,,2 HOURS /WEEK only Jon..
I am with su make ( it,s to free ,ease my consciense if they had £ 40 low income version )

MY FIRST POST ATTEMPT ..LONG TERM PROJECT FOR AUTO-MATED TRANSPORT REQUIRING ,GEAR RACK,, I SEE IN YOUR MAGIC LITTLE WINDOW ENTER GEAR DIAMETER or RACK LENGTH ,,AS YET UNABLE TO CREATE A RACK LITTLE TIME ON LINE HENCE ALL DONNA,S TO WIKI PIDIA AND THE KNOWLEDGE AT THE MOMENT JON