[!! SPAM] Re: [TheForge] Sketchup Help

[Jerry Frost]

Thanks Dan. I'll have to see if I can get it to work. 
Array copy is grayed out in the menu as are most copy 
functions.

I'll see if I can figure out the commands, I have no 
idea where the META key is. A Mac thing? Help doesn't 
say much if anything about copy functions either.

Then again, I haven't played with Sketchup in a while, 
maybe I should check in and see if something new has 
come up.

 I guess to balance things, I have no problem with the 
rotate tool.

Go figure.

Thanks again.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "don schad" <sir.eggplantalot at gmail.com>


> Frosty -

>
> Not sure exactly what functions are are looking for, 
> but the free
> Sketchup does have a number of handy-dandy copy 
> functions.  I forget
> the exact terminology, but I think it is "array" 
> copy.   For e.g., if
> you want a wheel with 27 spokes you can put the first 
> one out, copy
> it, put up the impossible-to-use rotate tool, press
> SHIFT-META-CTL-ALT-DELETE-x27 (or similar key combo 
> ;)) and you will
> get 27 evenly spaced ones.  Or you could do them at 
> 13.5 degrees, or
> evenly space linearly, etc.    Search the documents 
> for "Array copy",
> maybe those are what you are looking for.  Also, 
> there are probably
> various addons that will do similar (like the 
> drawmetal.com package),
> or you can write your own.
>
> All that said, I am not really sure if I like 
> Sketchup myself, just a
> tyro hacker trying to make it work.  It is painful to 
> navigate in and
> I find it hard to work with curves.  Make stuff out 
> of boxes is pretty
> easy though.  I believe that in theory it would be a 
> good tool once
> learned well, but the investment in time is not 
> trivial.
>
> Paul - Videos are worth-while.  Making Components is 
> key, otherwise
> you keep breaking things apart.
>
> don
>