[Bf-committers] selection outline in solid draw mode

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

All Objects in Blender have an individual drawtype setting, in object  
(f7) menu. Such options work on Objects in general... outline-select  
also does nice jobs on text, mball and surfaces for example.
The feedback on the new outline select pointed me to the fact it works  
in general OK on regular objects, but fails in individual cases. Being  
able to disable selection draw for that Object only is nicer than  
forcing it to all of Blender I guess.

A user preset could be useful to set defaults (settings for how new  
objects get created).

I didn't intend to go into long discussions on it. The selection  
outline is a very positive regarded release feature, I just try to make  
sure it's not frustrating some cases.
Revising drawmodes and settings for 3d window in general is no release  
topic now. :)

-Ton-


On Saturday, Jul 24, 2004, at 12:58 Europe/Amsterdam, Daniel Fairhead  
wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> Since objects have options for drawing type, and for 'draw extra', we
>> can add settings for 'selection draw' too, with for example choices
>> like 'axis', 'boundbox', and 'outline'. Only for non-wireframe modes  
>> of
>> course.
>
> Ton, isn't this (sort of) a kind of user preference? Since these  
> settings are not
> per-object, but are true for all objects? And that being the case,  
> wouldn't it
> make more sense to have a "draw options" panel, rather than "Mesh  
> Tools 1",
> and perhaps *here dan gets radical* wouldn't it almost be sensible for  
> it to
> be a pop-up, like the 3dview view options (with a sutable hotkey as it  
> is frequently
> used)? It would provide a place for other view/object/edit options  
> too, such as (say)
> transparency in the 3dview (although that might be better as just  
> potato++ mode),
> or options like editmode keeping normal drawing (for potato & shaded),  
> also, perhaps
> "optimal" drawing might be an option (although that is per-object at  
> the moment).
>
> This might be a funboard issue, should we ask there? Should a proper  
> proposal be
> made?
>
> Dan
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