Chris, why is that so important/ invaluable?

Get it backed up ASAP!

Nice!

I used to have an M6 back in the days. Brought some of the old memories back!

@edson said:

I wouldn't say $1700+ is a bargain.

Edson, you probably got another link, but Shark FX has been on offer for the last 3 months at $395 for the complete package.

Tom

I've heard TC for Mac is rubbish.

Shark FX, despite a few hiccups is quite a bargain at the moment.

@kate-art said:

This short thread has generated a list of 30+ plugins!

Brilliant! Then I too will also go with these as well

Wow Pilou! That's beautiful!

It's a bug then? But for which platform? I can see the usefulness of SU starting with either tool.

Cheers Dave

Why?

This is a good thread, as I was also about to ask the same question- but for ten plugins(!).

Three is a good number, but what still confuses me, and probably others too, who are new to SketchUp is why.

Why do you use these plugins, and what advantages to they give you over the current set of tools, and what is your main objective, taking into account, your chosen subject? For eg, are you an architect? A product designer or just a general modeller? Why are these three so important?

I've started to experiment with Fredo6's Bezierspline plugin, mainly because it is impossible to draw bezier curves by any other way in SketchUp, and bezier curves come in hand for many things, both architectural and product-wise.

I'll probably also add Fredo6's Curviloft plugin too, because the creation of organic surfaces that morph from one shape to another can also have its use, especially when modelling Victorian rendering- such as plaster.

One more only would be very hard to suggest, as many are so brilliant and useful!

Tom

Well I can't explain that at all. But my default is always the select tool.

edit, I'm still on 7.1 btw.

This is a brilliant plugin. Thanks Fredo6! When I've got some money again, I'll send you a donation
(In fact I'll send donations to all whose plugins I use, once the work gets flowing again! ).

Anyone seen Jackass the Movie?

@thomthom said:

Are you sure you don't have a plugin installed that modifies this? because there is no option in SU nativly to set which tool SU should activate by default. It's hard-coded to the Pencil tool.

Nope (I am 100% sure!).

To be honest, I've only got a couple of plugins installed, and that's not one of them. Try saving a template with a tool ready to use. It's just an idea.

That's odd. It must be a PC thing because the Mac version (or my Mac version anyway) starts with the selection tool. A windows bug?

Edit; Is it something to do with how you've saved a template as? I always make my own template. Perhaps the default starts with the line tool, and making a template, to get rid of Sang, would leave you with the selection tool, which is then saved as a tool pref with the template?

Why can't Dassault get their sh1t together, and just make a Mac version of this software?

It shouldn't be at all difficult, now that there is a version for the iPad.

But hey, so far, so good!

@solo said:

@unknownuser said:

One reason I'll never switch to Windows is

.... You like shiny things?

Like this?

Is that a handle on the front, to remove the beer?

@jim said:

@tfdesign said:

So that leads me to ask, will Caleidos4D work on Mac OSX?

I don't know since I haven't tried, but there is nothing that would prevent it from working.

I know the answer to that!

I'll try it.