Offset command + Ctrl

[Chad Smith]

Heres one I found by accident when I was using the Offset command and accidentally hit the Ctrl key.

When pressing Ctrl and offsetting, the original object which you are referencing from is deleted.

[Scott Hopkins]

Good find Chad! Following your tip I tried the same thing with the move and copy commands. Holding down the Ctrl with the move command cause things to copy and vise versa with the copy command.

[Wes Macaulay]

If you click the Control key while you're in Offset mode, you'll see the check box go on and off. Very cool indeed!

Note to self: RTFM.

[Scott D Davis]

RTFM: Does that have anything to do with Read The Effen Manual?

[Wes Macaulay]

Yeah. I say that in frustration: a lot of these so-called gems are clearly documented in the help files!

I first heard the term "RTFM" from Dimitri (HCSL) and at first I had no idea what he was talking about... "sounds like an RTFM question" and had a good laugh at that.

It really is worthwhile to read the help manuals once in a while, eh?

[TeamRPM]

very nice find, got a little saying over here that I'll have to append
'when all else fails,...hit the 'tab' key'
looks like ctrl can be just as valuable.

[Dimitri Harvalias]

My other favorite saying in these situations is "when in doubt, read the instructions!" (note: does not seem to apply to children of any age when learning a new video game :wink: )
A whole bunch of windows programs take advantage of shift and ctrl keys to toggle functionality in a variety of commands. SketchUp is probably the best of the bunch that I use.