[Bf-committers] A suggestion to the developers of the Blender software

[Dalai Felinto]

Hi Sigurjón,

have you try using:
(1) the option to change the unit system in Blender? (the Units tab in the
Scene panel)
(2) Transform Orientation? (it's in the Properties panel in the 3dview).

It may be what you are looking for (apart from all the snap modes you
suggest, that fits better as feedback for the Precision Modelling gsoc
project -
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?255662-GSOC-2012-Precision-Modelling-Tools)

Regards,
Dalai

2012/7/23 Sigurjón <mosart at internet.is>

> Hi people, I worked in 2D environment for years but I am new to Blender. A
> fascinating power to the
>
> people! But nevertheless I have a suggestion to the developers of Blender.
> As a novice in this
>
> environment I understand that my wiews are limited, so I am prepared for
> that my idea could be
>
> of small value. But here we go:
>
>
>
> 1)  As we are simulating the real 3D world it follows that referring to
> just
> how we would do
>
> things in the real world should in many cases be useful.
>
> 2)  The base for actions like positioning, rotating, scaling and
> measurements as a whole, must
>
> be, as in the real world, some kind of a reference system - a coordinate
> system.
>
> 3)  Through my limited experience I find that the coordinate system in
> Blender could be more
>
> flexible. I vision a secondary coordinate system on top of the existing
> 3D-grid. I will now
>
> explain further. For the sake of convenience let's call this secondary
> coordinate system SCS.
>
> 4a)  The user can snap the SCS origin to any vertex in an existing model.
>
> 4b1)  The user can rotate the SCS in 3D.
>
> 4b2)  The user can make an axis of the SCS parallel or perpendicular to any
> edge or face in an
>
> existing model.
>
> 5)  While the SCS is active the users actions are entierly based on it. One
> could think of an
>
> on/off button to switch between the SCS and the original grid.
>
> 6)  As a default the visible grid in the workspace represents the active
> coordinate system.
>
>
>
> I believe that such an flexible SCS would greatly simplify the modeling
> work, especially in
>
> case of an arcitectural or engineering kind of work.
>
> I hope your developers rewiew this suggestion and let me know what they
> think of it.
>
>
>
> Regards, Sigurjon Myrdal (Username: Skafi)
>
> Email: mosart at internet.is
>
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