[Bf-committers] Re: [Bf-blender-cvs] CVS commit: blender/source/blender/include BDR_sculptmode.h blender/source/blender/makesdna DNA_scene_types.h blender/source/blender/src drawview.c sculptmode.c space.c

[Matt Ebb]

On 19/11/2006, at 08:01 AM, Nicholas Bishop wrote:

> nicholasbishop (Nicholas Bishop) 2006/11/18 22:01:25 CET
>   Generalized the sculptmode propset (DKEY) to work with strength  
> as well as
>   brush size. Pressing the key once does brush size (same as  
> before), then
>   pressing it a second time switches to setting brush strength.

This would be much better on it's own directly accessible hotkey,  
then having to cycle through. Cycling is not only slower, having to  
go through other irrelevant tools before you can access the one you  
want, but there's also more cognitive overhead for users, having to  
keep track of some arbitrary state of the system (counting how many  
times it has been pressed and what 'mini-mode' it's currently in). If  
a user wants to change the strength, he wants to change the strength.  
It should be as immediately accessible as possible.

This also goes for changing brush tools, it would be much better if  
there were direct hotkeys to change between different tools (as in  
photoshop/gimp) rather than having to use the Ctrl Tab menu and make  
a selection from there. Sculpt mode is a completely new mode, and  
there's almost complete freedom with the available hotkeys to come up  
with a key configuration that's really nice and ergonomic, so that's  
what should be done :)

cheers

Matt


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