[Bf-committers] F2 adoption

[Jonathan Williamson]

I too would love to see this adopted. It is an incredible boost to the modeling workflow when creating large numbers of faces one-by-one (such as with retopology).  

The current hockey extension is ideal for me, particularly since it doesn't change the behavior of the existing fill.  

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Jonathan Williamson
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On Monday, January 21, 2013 at 6:30 AM, metalliandy wrote:

> I have been using this and I agree that it I an awesome tool.
> I think the hotkey is fine as it is (F) as it is really just an 
> extension of the fill tool. Also changing the hotkey would degrade the 
> current workflow as the user would have to move between 2 keys rather 
> than just hovering over F. Paul said on BA that he was getting 500 polys 
> an hour with the current system, which is amazing, so I really don't 
> think we can provide a more optimised hotkey or anything.
> 
> The tool itself isnt that unpredictable really...it just requires that 
> you learn how it works (In some cases it will create a face based on 
> mouse position etc.).
> 
> Crouch did an overview video (in the thread linked) that explains this 
> in more depth and it all seems reasonable to me :)
> http://vimeo.com/57686760#at=0
> 
> I would love to have this in C.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -Andy
> 
> On 21/01/2013 13:01, Antony Riakiotakis wrote:
> > Hi, there's a great script by Bartious Crouch and Paul Kotelevets that
> > extends F key functionality and makes it easier to generate faces
> > without selecting all vertices. It is very convenient for retopology
> > and modelling work in general and having contacted the authors and
> > gotten their consent, I am thinking of adopting it in C, if there's
> > agreement from developers too.
> > 
> > To see what it does check here:
> > http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?278787-F2
> > 
> > The only issue that comes to my mind is that you might call this tool
> > too smart (meaning it may be difficult for user to predict what it
> > will do). It is something like extrude and fill face combined. I would
> > vote for its adoption but not certain if F key is the best place to
> > place it. Thoughts?
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