[Bf-committers] Transform tool tweaks

[Knapp]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:39 AM, Jorge Rodriguez
<jorge at lunarworkshop.com> wrote:
> Hello Blender devs!
>
> I've been scratching an itch lately and working on a few features that I
> would like to see in Blender. I made a video so you can see how it works.
>
> http://youtu.be/zcEvpjXlIfs
>
> Here's the video in brief:
>
> * I added a new tool, a *context-sensitive transform tool*, that does a
> different transform depending on what manipulator is active. So, if the
> Transform manipulator is active the tool works like Grab, if the scaling
> manipulator is active it works like Resize, and so on.
> * I added support for *pressing the same button which activated a tool to
> confirm*. So, press G once to grab, press it again to confirm.
> * I added support for *drag and drop handling*. This is seamless with the
> tools. Hold G to grab, drag the object, let go to drop it again.
>
> When you combine these three things together you get a mode of operation
> that I feel takes advantage of the "Blender Way" of doing things, (quickly
> and efficiently!) but also makes sense to users coming from other tools.
> These changes are also not incompatible with how current Blender users
> work, so you don't have to do the W-E-R Maya thing like I do to take
> advantage of the new features.
>
> I'll be submitting patches of my work when I'm a bit happier with them.
> (Right now it needs work still for a few edge cases.) For now I was hoping
> to get some feedback. What can I do to make the patch submitting process
> easier? Like I said in the video I'm going to be working on this for a
> while and I would like the team to consider taking me on as a member. In
> the meantime my work will be stored on my GitHub fork:
> https://github.com/BSVino/Blender
>
> --
> Jorge "Vino" Rodriguez

It looks good but I would need to try it out to be sure. My one
question is does RR still work? That is a command that I use a LOT.


-- 
Douglas E Knapp

Creative Commons Film Group, Helping people make open source movies
with open source software!
http://douglas.bespin.org/CommonsFilmGroup/phpBB3/index.php

Massage in Gelsenkirchen-Buer:
http://douglas.bespin.org/tcm/ztab1.htm
Please link to me and trade links with me!

Open Source Sci-Fi mmoRPG Game project.
http://sf-journey-creations.wikispot.org/Front_Page
http://code.google.com/p/perspectiveproject/