Hi, I’ve just started using Sketchup and am finding the lack of cursor position coordinates display a bit difficult. I am aware that there are addons which display these, but afaik these stop working as soon as you try to draw a line etc. Lets say I draw a 3m cube with one vertice at the origin. I…

I guess I’ve never missed having coordinates displayed. There are a number of options for accurately placing a feature on a surface. Display of coordinates during placement is not one of them. You can move entities by using coordinates, either relative or absolute. You mention “addons” by which I g…

Hi Dave, Using free and also make, so I can add extensions on that. Is it possible to place an object on a face then move it relevant to the corner of that face (using 2D coordinates only)? Moving to relative coordinates is not useful if you don’t know the current position! Moving to absolute co…

Youre example case is the easiest. It will not always be like this though. (your example is to create a centered smaller rectangle on the side, the way I understand it) Select the offset tool and hover over one of the faces. Create an inward offset of its perimeter. Then type 1m and hit [Enter]. D…

[image] Dougal999: Is it possible to place an object on a face then move it relevant to the corner of that face SketchUp is a 3D modeling application. You can move an object relative to its current location by starting to move it and typing in the relative coordinates as <x,y,z> [image] D…

Thanks - I had misunderstood what the offset tool did, have read the relevant help page and this now makes sense. Is there any way to offset in one dimension only, i.e. to make my square a rectangle?

Box, what are you doing when you start drawing the 1m square? I can find the midpoint but then my square has a corner at the midpoint rather than centred around the midpoint. Obviously I could move it relative but your way is faster!

Hit Ctrl to draw from the center. You might find it useful to look at the lower left corner of the screen when you select the various tools. [Screenshot - 6_29_2020 , 12_13_57 PM]

No, that needs to be an extra step: moving the particular edge after doing the offset operation. Offset distance is equal for all edges of the perimeter, measured perpendicular to the edges in the perimeter.

[image] I only get “select first corner” option, is this a limitation in “Make”?

Coordinates or lack of them!

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Box June 29, 2020, 3:56pm 6

Here you go, web version, 3m cube, 1m square centered on one side.
3m cube

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Coordinates or lack of them!

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