In this image I want to move the face labeled A, so I would need to swing my camera around to view A. When I hover over it with the push/pull tool, it only selects this face in the front.
It would be great if there was a modifier key or some option for me to select the face A without having to move my camera.
Without having to move the camera.
I only moved the camera so I could show the face being selected and then show that it was being moved with Push/Pull while itâs facing away from the camera.
I understand. Is there a way you can select that face without moving the camera or hiding the face in front of it?
Depends on the angle youâre looking from.
How would YOU select the face if you canât see it?
The original post is simply my feature request.
What you desire is possible in Blender, for example, but it requires a dedicated Face Select mode, with a dot in the middle of every face so you can pick them through the X-ray:
Thatâs quite a convoluted method, and it gets visually busy very quickly as the number of faces rise, not very SketchUp-like, so I doubt something like it would get implemented in the official package.
Curic has a plugin called âGo to Levelâ that can pick elements under the pointer even if theyâre nested within groups, but even that can only select the first face:
Iâm not sure if that was a design decision on Curicâs part, or if SketchUpâs API doesnât allow more than that, perhaps due to a potential performance hit calculating all faces that might lie under the pointer would bring.
Hello,
For selecting a hidden face like face A without moving your camera, I recommend trying the Trowel tool from Curic DIO2. Itâs quite straightforward: hover over an edge and hold the Shift key when you need to select a face for pushing, but itâs obscured. This will select the obscured face for you. Additionally, the Trowel tool features an âIsolate Objectâ function that quickly isolates objects, allowing you to select faces that are otherwise not visible.
Give it a try; I believe it will greatly simplify your workflow.
Best regards,
This is exactly what I was imagining. Iâm surprised this is not a native tool but your extension seems to have created exactly the solution for this situation. Thank you for sharing it.
Native:
Ah! This works! Now if only I could make a shortcut for select connected faces lol⌠
Thank you for introducing me to this option!
As with anything on the context menu you need to have something selected to make it available in the shortcut dialog.
Ah, I see. Thank you! This will help me.
Doubleclicking an edge would select the adjacent faces, too.
Yeah, I would do that, then select the visible one.
I mean, I would probably orbit but if I didnât want to orbit, Iâd do that 
Native:
- right click on the top edge > Select (context menu) > Connected faces
- with [Shift] deselect one of the two selected faces (the top face)
- âPush/Pullâ the one and only still selected obscured face that you asked for.
For some reason I canât seem to get this native solution to work for me?
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
(As a side note, if I group the shapes beforehand I have no issues and easy to manipulate.)
Yours is a different example than rhe one that OP presented.
All as expected.
Which face would you like to push or pull?
For both top faces are selectable independently without tricks.
OPâs example lets you select only two faces where you deselect the top face.
Ooops, thank you for clarifying. Still learningâŚ.
Iâd like to move the side of the L-shape facing the rectangle (i.e. the face of the L-shape hidden by the rectangle).
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
To help achieve your goals, some time spent at the SketchUp Campus and at the SketchUp - YouTube channel will be very worthwhile. Both sites are from the SketchUp team. On the YouTube channel, pay attention to the Square One Series and Level UP series. They cover the basics for each tool.
