[Bf-funboard] Limits on size

[The Fallen Weeble]

This can be particularly bothersome for rotation values (for which using
a smaller scale isn't particularly feasible).  Select an object, press
the NKEY.  Try to set the rotation value above 1000 or below -1000.  You
can't (or at least, I couldn't) do it.  The way around that, of course,
is to adjust the value in the IPO window.  Problem solved... or at least
circumvented.  I'd rather not have to circumvent.  My question is, are
there any real reasons why having limits on these values is necessary?

Later.

  Fweeb

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:01:24 -0400 Vania Smrkovski
<vania at pandorasdream.com> wrote:

> I have a need to have Blender's internal limits expanded.  My projects
> have scaling needs which range greatly from macro to micro levels, and
> simply creating a Mesh at one scale and scaling the Object up or down
> is impractical.
> 
> In particular, the upper limits I am encountering are -1000 to 1000
> when using the properties panels, even though I can drag any object
> beyond that limit, and 5000 as a maximum clipping range for the camera
> object.  
> 
> And if I view my scene without benefit of a camera, I also find much
> of my scene is clipped.  I can only view a portion of my scene at a
> time.
> 
> Now, the first thing I hear from other Blender users is to try using
> smaller scales, but I have need to use very small ranges as well, from
> kilometers to millimeters, and if I limit my upper range too much, I
> lose the ability to work at the very small range.
> 
> I am working on Python scripts to help me manage the Object scaling,
> so I can have an Mesh for small objects designed at larger scales, and
> then the Objects for those meshes set to a smaller scale, but this is
> very impractical.
> 
> Also, the naming for Meshes and Objects appears to be limited to 19 
> characters.  
> 
> Can future version of the software at the very least provide a way to 
> configure user-defined limits to beyond these ranges?
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