Newstream
04-26-2005, 02:55 PM
Hi !
I don’t know if a solution for this already exists but is there a workflow plugin or suggestion for improving the efficiency of following typical, everyday modeling situation?
When dragging points around in a model, points very often share one of the same X,Y or Z-axis positions as a neighboring point. In the following example, the bottom-right point needs to be moved to the same X-axis position as the top-left, currently selected point.
http://photos7.flickr.com/11038792_c661fa1e89_o.jpg
By copying the World-X-axis value of the top point and then pasting it onto the corresponding X-axis value of the bottom-right point, it pops neatly into the same World X-axis position as the one above. Ok, so far so good.
However doing this for hundreds of points in a complex scene can take time, especially when using the old Ctrl-C – Ctrl-V technique. This also forces you to keep one hand on your keyboard at all times.
It would be great if the coordinate window could be enhanced with a temporary copy / paste memory bank feature allowing any of the three X,Y,Z world-coordinates of one point to be copied and stored. The stored coordinate could then quickly be pasted over / onto the X,Y,Z coordinate of your choosing on the next next point who’s position you want to affect.
Something like this…
http://photos8.flickr.com/11038793_0cf4a0c0bc.jpg
Any thoughts..?
Cheers / Alex
I don’t know if a solution for this already exists but is there a workflow plugin or suggestion for improving the efficiency of following typical, everyday modeling situation?
When dragging points around in a model, points very often share one of the same X,Y or Z-axis positions as a neighboring point. In the following example, the bottom-right point needs to be moved to the same X-axis position as the top-left, currently selected point.
http://photos7.flickr.com/11038792_c661fa1e89_o.jpg
By copying the World-X-axis value of the top point and then pasting it onto the corresponding X-axis value of the bottom-right point, it pops neatly into the same World X-axis position as the one above. Ok, so far so good.
However doing this for hundreds of points in a complex scene can take time, especially when using the old Ctrl-C – Ctrl-V technique. This also forces you to keep one hand on your keyboard at all times.
It would be great if the coordinate window could be enhanced with a temporary copy / paste memory bank feature allowing any of the three X,Y,Z world-coordinates of one point to be copied and stored. The stored coordinate could then quickly be pasted over / onto the X,Y,Z coordinate of your choosing on the next next point who’s position you want to affect.
Something like this…
http://photos8.flickr.com/11038793_0cf4a0c0bc.jpg
Any thoughts..?
Cheers / Alex