Most Wanted/Needed Modelling Features.

#21

ang

<< new primitive always arrive INSIDE >>

Depends what I’m doing – quite often, I’ve already moved existing stuff to one side, and bring in a cube as a reference for an origin centred rotate, say.

Perhaps if I want a new bit of geom somewhere – rather than starting with a prim, I’ll (find and) loopcut off a (more) suitable bit, dupe it, move it whilst still selected – then weld the original back up again.

Variation on above – for cylindrical bits – find a suitable circular face nearby, extract from it and then extrude – and use this (or just extrude (from face) then lop off with LoopCut.

Presumably you’re using the Geom Graph in ‘difficult’ situations – as the most recent prim addition is always the last / bottom – it’s easy to select from here?

I suppose a tick box for a user pref to have prims come in highlighted and ‘oven ready’ might be an idea – but that’s something to take up with Bj :slight_smile:

Vert | Tighten on multiple selections – yep, me not paying attention (slapped wrist job) – as with any op on a vert selection, going to work on the total swept volume of the Bounding Box.

Default Commands – different from hkeys.
Say you do a ‘full blown’ vector op – MMB rotate, say – and choose both an axis and a ref point for that axis to pass thro’ .
Then – immediately after completing the op, press Shift + Cntrl + L or MMB. You can then bind / assign the (vector) rotate op to either the L or M mouse button.

To recall, use Cntrl + L /M – and this brings back the vector rotate – BUT – you can select a different chunk of geom on a different object (if you want) – AND – select a different axis / ref point – all without having to dive into a menu – and since you can’t (currently) hotkey vector based options, then it’s a way of shortcutting that IS available.

This lets you do the same ‘type’ of op on different items – but using parameters that are specifically geared to that item.

Btw – using Cntrl + D (repeat function) – offers similar flexibility – but will only work on the last op – so if you do something different in the meantime – you’ll lose the original / first option.

Putting stuff on a default command will always be available for the whole modelling session (until re-defined) etc.

Since you can have 2 Def Comms (not DefCon, hehe) – set to ops you’re likely to use on a regular basis – then this can be quite useful – imo.

All of the above worth looking at – but I’ll not lose any sleep if you chose to ignore :slight_smile:

Each to their own.

pp

(If I think of anything re ‘multi true-up’ - I’ll post it)

#22

pardon, but what do you mean by “select straight profile?”

#23

Oh, n/m, straight magnet mode. Yes, this approximates a skew, but a generalized skew operation would be much more useful.

How would you skew just one side of an object with a magnet move?

#24

“How would you skew just one side of an object with a magnet move?”

Your right, it wouldn’t work for that. I’d try a vector rotate and then resize the area if necessary. - Baz

#25

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