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

[Jerry Frost]

I was wrong, "Array copy" isn't on a menu at all. 
However between your directions and the suwiki tips I 
got it working for me. Very cool, thank you.

Can you flatten my learning curve on "spline" and 
"radial copies" too?

Thanks Dan.

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


> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Jerry Frost 
> <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:
>> 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 actually don't use the menu's in general, but I 
> when using the
> "array copy" I select the "move/copy" tool, then you 
> select the item,
> hit either the "CTRL" or the "SHIFT" (I can't recall 
> which) and you
> see a little + sign next to the item you have coped, 
> meaning that you
> are copying it, not moving it.   Then put it in the 
> new position and
> type "10/" - and sometimes "ENTER" (not sure when 
> that is required).
> Then I get 10 evenly spaced items.   I think I 
> learned this from the
> chair-building demo combined w/ the help.   Here is a 
> link too:
> http://suwiki.org/suwiki/index.php?title=Move
>
> Ben,
>
> I am using version 6.0.xx, which is the newest 
> version, and I'm pretty
> sure it isn't the Pro version, but I didn't check. 
> I've had it for
> more then 30 days I think, so I doubt it could be.
>
>> I'll see if I can figure out the commands, I have no 
>> idea where the META key
>> is.
>
> "META" is a Unix/Emacs thing.  I was joking about 
> having to remember
> what key to press with what tool to get what 
> operation.  Make the
> learning more fun when you have to fumble around w/ 
> mystery keys.
>
> don
>