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

[Ben Barrett]

Well it gets slightly technical, but some advanced approaches are in
this discussion:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=2065
Confused?  Read on, it gets easier...

The ".rb" files are Ruby, a programming & scripting language; I
haven't yet used them
with SketchUp, but it looks like there are an *awesome* set of tools
which you can
simply download and drop into the specific folder as directed, and
they'll add menu options to SketchUp!!
http://www.crai.archi.fr/RubyLibraryDepot/Ruby/em_edi_page.htm
(weld.rb was referred to repeatedly; some have more docs and some are PC-only)

Here is a direct link to Array Copy documentation:
http://download.sketchup.com/OnlineDoc/gsu6_win/Content/D-Modification_Tools/ModTool-Move.htm#kanchor245
(see the rest of the page too!)
and here is similar for Radial Copies:
http://download.sketchup.com/OnlineDoc/gsu6_win/Content/D-Modification_Tools/ModTool-Rotate.htm#multiplecopies

And it appears that if you're logged into their site, you can get more
tutorials from:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2073
(but the files are inaccessible on normal view)

Here is a direct link to a ".skp" tutorial for download, showing the
making of track-treads:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/sas/Tutorials/CopyArrayTut.skp

Note:  all the links I provided here came from the very first one
(that forum thread),
I did add some handy jump-to anchors, but I didn't dig around in many
other places...
so there's plenty more where that came from!

all the best,

Ben



On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:
> 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
>>
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