[Bf-funboard] Visual aid for constraint during transform

[alex]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Jason Saunders wrote:

> 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 ;)

I propose a rotating rotation widget, that rotatingly rotates around the
center of rotation, using SDL for sound output for each step of rotation.

It could make a "beep" as soon as you snap to a step, and a "berp" if
you confirm the transform.


alex at schnittenparadies.de