[Bf-committers] 3DsMax editable poly like toolset

[patrick boelens]

I actually think there may defintely be a place for functionality like this in Blender. I pretty much envisioned it as Tom described, as 'undo points', except with the added benefit of being able to go back and forth.
Maybe we could implement this in a fashion similar to the Shapekeys panel? I could imagine a panel called 'Mesh States' or 'Mesh Revisions', where the user could add, remove or select a mesh's state, essentially just making a duplicate of the current mesh at that point (á la fake users) and storing it for possible later use. I think at the very least this would provide a nice interface solution to the (I think pretty common) practice of duplicating an object and storing it on a backups/ junk layer (layer 0 or 20 in most cases I'd reckon).

-Patrick

> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:26:26 +0100
> From: metalliandy666 at googlemail.com
> To: bf-committers at blender.org
> Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] 3DsMax editable poly like toolset
> 
> Yea, but you can toggle it on/off in the same way as a normal modifier 
> with no loss of speed. It basically a container for all the changes, 
> among other things.
> 
> Here are the Autodesk docs for it.
> http://download.autodesk.com/us/3dsmax/2012help/index.html?url=files/GUID-1230619A-8CB3-4411-B07D-C133716F61F-408.htm,topicNumber=d28e80766
> 
> -Andy
> On 10/04/2012 21:55, Tom M wrote:
> > so edit poly is basically setting an undo point for edit mesh operators?
> >
> > LetterRip
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:46 PM, metalliandy
> > <metalliandy666 at googlemail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> The Edit poly Modifier in max is really useful. One of the coolest
> >> things about it is that you can basically add the modifier and then
> >> change the mesh by adding loops etc. and once you remove the modifier,
> >> the mesh will revert back to it's unchanged state (or you can apply the
> >> modifer and keep the changes),
> >> I would love to see something like this in Blender :)
> >>
> >> Though I would like to see projection cages for baking first as
> >> currently it's impossible to bake a normal map in Blender if it has hard
> >> edges because you get seams etc. ;)
> >>
> >> Cheers!
> >>
> >> -Andy
> >>
> >> On 10/04/2012 21:24, Alberto Torres wrote:
> >>> Hi, I'd like to see examples of features that are not possible in
> >>> blender (with similar effort). I think everything you mention there is
> >>> already possible in blender in a easy way, but maybe I'm mistaken.
> >>>
> >>> DiThi
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> El día 10 de abril de 2012 19:41, Mariusz Komorowski
> >>> <komorra at gmail.com>   escribió:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> After long time of inactivity, I decided to do something in Blender.
> >>>> So I've downloaded SVN - everything works perfect with VS2008 at first
> >> time,
> >>>> so big thanks to everyone here :)
> >>>>
> >>>> I have idea to do something like editable poly stack panel in
> >> 3DStudioMax
> >>>> in Blender.
> >>>> For me very useful is for exemple extruding edges and vertices in Max
> >> style
> >>>> (with the
> >>>> 'extrusion base' topology, not just simple extruding, I can give a photo
> >>>> example
> >>>> of this if someone will be interested).
> >>>>
> >>>> So I have some questions:
> >>>> 1. Is this good idea to do at first task, or there is something 'more
> >>>> necessary'
> >>>>      similar to it?
> >>>> 2. Has someone started such a feature already?
> >>>> 3. Which will better to do that: C Api or Python Api? (Now I think that
> >>>> Python will
> >>>>     be enough to do this)
> >>>> 4. When I'm done who generally to contact to?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks in advance for answers.
> >>>>
> >>>> In detail these toolset will include:
> >>>> - extrude (on vertex, edge, polygon)
> >>>> - bevel (on vertex, edge, polygon)
> >>>> - chamfer
> >>>> - inset
> >>>> - connect
> >>>> - and maybe something more (I'm open for proposals)
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Mariusz
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