[Bf-committers] [Bf-blender-cvs] SVN commit: /data/svn/bf-blender [34535] trunk/blender/source/blender: More logical ordering of Empty draw types.

[Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com]

I don't think we should be prohibited from making a change because of
a screenshot. I'll try to explain my reasons:

The legacy empty is cluttered. All that XYZ information is hardly ever
needed and when you do need it you can use the manipulators to check
the empties coordinate. (legacy empty is older than the manipulator
even).

The legacy empty is visually shifted to only the positive sides which,
with lots of close together empties ends up making selection and
recognition difficult

http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=8469

In the few cases you feel you actually need to see the positive axis
arrows theres always the option to set it that way. It's not that I've
removed it

cheers

Daniel Salazar
www.3developer.com



2011/1/31 Carsten Wartmann <cw at blenderbuch.de>:
> Am 27.01.2011 22:05, schrieb Daniel Salazar:
>> Revision: 34535
>>            http://projects.blender.org/scm/viewvc.php?view=rev&root=bf-blender&revision=34535
>> Author:   zanqdo
>> Date:     2011-01-27 21:05:01 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jan 2011)
>> Log Message:
>> -----------
>> More logical ordering of Empty draw types. Made Plain Axes default for
>> new empties
>
> So I have to redo all screenshots containing an Empty in my comming
> book? Beside the places where I describe the look of Empties or even use
> them for the reader as hint which axis to choose.
>
> I wish such changes would be communicated a bit (better) here. Why do
> you think this is a better drawtype than the mini-axis?
>
> Carsten
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