[Bf-funboard] Visual aid for constraint during transform

[Jason Saunders]

that is a nice idea. 
It might be good to have the snap grid lighter than the regular grid;
that would help make it stand out more IMO.

Also for rotation, there could be a "pie" overlay; a bunch of lines
radiating out from the center of rotation; each line representing a
step. If this is too cluttered, every other line could be drawn
transparent or a color closer to the 3dview background.
If we want to get really fancy, each "pie slice" of constrained
rotation could be highlited and fill up as you rotate ;)


On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:19:25 +0000, Mal <mal at candomultimedia.com> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> Nice idea, especially the fact that the grid visuals would be there to
> snap to etc.
> 
> Mal
> 
> > Hey Everyone (that means you Theeth) ;)
> >
> > Broken and I had a quick talk and came up with what might be a good
> > idea for a visual aid for constraints, particularly planar constraints
> > (two axis). The basic premise is that once you chose a plane to
> > constrain to, a faint grid draws around the object center which
> > represents that plane in 3d space. This grid would not have to be
> > vivid nor large to be a useful representaion of the action you're
> > performing. Moreover, if the user choses to use snap by holding CTRL,
> > viola, there's a grid there to snap to. As the object is moved, the
> > grid can "follow" as it were, fading at its edges perhaps to indicate
> > that it continues but isn't visualized. It might look something like
> > this: http://blender.spaceisbig.com/trans_grid.png
> >
> > Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Flames?
> >
> > Regards,
> > --Chris
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