[Bf-committers] 3d View Menu Rewrite.

Paweł Łyczkowski pawellyczkowski at gmail.com
Mon Jul 6 17:33:02 CEST 2015


Hey Brendon,

Found some time to check it.

My feedback:

Good cleanup to the Add and Object menus. With the View menu, I think it 
would be better to keep the directions in the main level for fast access.

Would be good to keep your file if a redo to the menus would be done (so 
keep it somewhere). My take on re-sorting of the Object menu can also be 
found in the rRMB add-on - when you launch the menu in Object mode, it's 
all the entries but the first four (Place 3d Cursor, Move 3d Cursor, 
Select and Add).

Best,
Paweł Łyczkowski

Brendon Murphy wrote:
>
> hi, I took some time to rewrite some of the 3dview menu's, namely the 
> View,
> Select& Object menu's.
> It would be great to have these considered for Blender.
>
> Screenshot: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=89668
> File:
> https://github.com/meta-androcto/blenderpython/blob/master/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_view3d.py
>
> List of Changes to 3d View Menu's.
>
> Add Menu:
> Move Camera to Menu, similar to Armature current behavior, this provides
> base for addons.
> Add Icon to Force Field. (currently it duplicates group instance icon.)
> Move Quick Effects from Object Menu to Add Menu, it fits this context
> better than object menu& to reduce space.
> Some reordering of Add menu.
>
> Object Menu:
> Move Delete button.
> Add Clear& Apply menu's to Transform Menu, they are Transform tools& sit
> well here.
> New Menu "Relations" it includes:
> Make Local, Make Single User, Duplicate Linked, Make Proxy, Make 
> Dupli-Face,
> Transfer Mesh data& Transfer Mesh Data Layout.
> Some reordering of Object menu to 'Group' menu's close together.
> This reduces Object Menu items from 29 to 20 which saves considerable
> visual space& reduces overall mouse movement.
>
> View Menu:
> Move Cameras to Single menu, not duplicated.
> New Menu "Directions" it includes:
> The standard numpad views, Top, Bottom, Front, Back, Right, Left.
> New Menu "View Toggle" it includes:
> Toggle Quad, Toggle Maximize, Toggle Full Screen.
> New Menu: "Set Border" it includes:
> Clipping Border, Zoom border, Render Border.
> Some Reordering of View Menu.
> This reduces View Menu items from 25 to 15, which again is a large
> improvement.
>
> I would like to hand this over to the ui team as I feel the improvements
> are a readable& practical update to the user interface.
>
> Thanks.
> Brendon.
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