[Bf-committers] Re: [Bf-blender-cvs] ....(knife tool)
Ton Roosendaal
bf-committers@blender.org
Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:55:39 +0200
Hi Alexander, Robert,
> Robert (DetectiveThorn) Wenzlaff's Knife subdivide tool. See previous
> message on Bf-committers for description.
To enable making release notes, and for creating a good history in CVS,
I prefer to have functional descriptions in the CVS commit mail. After
a few months it will be impossible to find a 'previous message' on
another mailinglist...
Also the description Robert gave here isn't complete. Try to write
something that can be directly copied to a changelog for Blender users!
I've tested the new tool, and it works fabulous! I should check this
intersecting code once.... :-)
However!
The interaction is something we should reconstruct. This includes 2
successive modes which only confuse, and don't work in a way compatible
with the rest of Blender.
Analyzing the tool, there are four choices involved:
- 'freehand' drawing or 'polygon' drawing
- cut exact, or cut halfway faces
These choices should be made *before* you start using the knife tool.
So:
- either these settings go to the EditButtons, allowing a user to start
the tool with only the hotkey
- or the user gets a popup with these choices in it.
Also:
- in 'freehand mode' the cutting should happen immediately after
releasing the mouse.
- in 'polygon mode' you can still allow drawing freehand inbetween (as
it works now)
- the name "50%" is unclear. Name it "Cut halfway" and "Cut exact" or
so.
- I would love to see a real cutting cursor once... on OSX it changes
in a normal cursor, very confusing.
Thanks!
-Ton-
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