[Bf-funboard] Papers on interface usage ?

[zippy]

yes but in this you are designing a whole new system, well building  
on it but still huge changes. While they would be great just small  
things need to be edited right now. Or a whole new design needs to  
drafted and *approved by Ton*-stamp*

I am just after what you want but more proactive movement needs to  
happen to get it going ..


On Aug 22, 2005, at 7:22 AM, Petter Myrlid Sundnes wrote:

> Are you serious? Too long? It has an animated preview of how it  
> will work, and
> then a complete detailed description of its functionality. It is a  
> totally new
> way of doing modeling, not just an added feature borrowed from  
> another 3d
> application, and such it needs to be described in detail how it works.
>
> Here is a condensed version:
>
> Left mousebutton is used to select and modify geometry
> Right mousebutton is used to create geometry
> Middlemousebutton/scrollwheel is used to modify selection
>
>
> Has anyone read the proposal? any thougths?
>
>
>
> Quoting zippy <trip at spymac.com>:
>
>
>> Thats a lot of stuff there, Perhaps another look at it and condense
>> it a bit for now so one or two of the features can be analyzed
>> further. Cause everyone has there own idea of what works and what
>> does not,
>>
>> As for Modos Zoom. It Is a zoom button. Where ever the Mouse is
>> located pressing the zoom will zoom smoothly into that cursor, there
>> by removing the need and confusion placement of the 3d cursor. Which
>> leads to a far faster zoom in and out around the screen.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 17, 2005, at 2:47 PM, Petter Myrlid Sundnes wrote:
>>
>>
>>> As an interaction and interface designer as well as a long time 3D
>>> user (mid
>>> 90ies), I have several ideas for the Blender interface and overall
>>> workflow. I
>>> did post a suggestion some time ago, but I dont think I got any
>>> responses on
>>> it. It may look long and boring to read, but please give it a
>>> chance, I think
>>> you will find it interesting:
>>>
>>> http://projects.blender.org/pipermail/bf-funboard/2005-April/
>>> 002637.html
>>>
>>> Here is the gif anim explaining my idea as well (should read the
>>> text too, or
>>> else it might be difficult to understand):
>>> http://petter.ms/forum/DiMM.gif
>>>
>>>
>>> I have many more ideas as well, and like the suggestion above they
>>> are not just
>>> feature requests found in other 3D applications but rather, totally
>>> new
>>> concepts. (airbrush and bucket-fill materials onto geometry, with
>>> automatic
>>> shadertree generation).
>>>
>>>
>>> Petter
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting zippy <trip at spymac.com>:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hey your the one that built the now defunct move 3d cursor with  
>>>> grab
>>>> tool. That was useful just not finished on cvs land but still  
>>>> useful.
>>>>
>>>> Explaining Modo is hard to do ya gotta just try it if you can.
>>>> Otherwise just look for writers that can draw up a well detailed
>>>> design workflow.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> the way or is never in the correct place. It tends to take three
>>>>>> view changes to realign it so I can center on it and place it
>>>>>> where I need, and that is still a shot in the dark if it gets
>>>>>> moved around.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Er The cursor gets lost in space a lot of times,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Also, did you ever hear of Numpad-DEL?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Same deal still here to many clciks to fix a wandering cursor,  
>>>> breaks
>>>> flow of design and navigation
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 17, 2005, at 12:07 PM, alex wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, zippy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't if it is me but rotating around in blenders 3d view is
>>>>>> still clunky. Like trackballing and orbiting around objects. The
>>>>>> view point rotate orbit and zoom level is to dependent of the 3d
>>>>>> cursor, which in my eye just gets in
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, it is independant of the 3D Cursor, it has its own centre.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> the way or is never in the correct place. It tends to take three
>>>>>> view changes to realign it so I can center on it and place it
>>>>>> where I need, and that is still a shot in the dark if it gets
>>>>>> moved around.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That must be the most confusing sentence I've ever read... can you
>>>>> elaborate
>>>>> what the various instances of 'it' refer to?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, did you ever hear of Numpad-DEL?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Modo has a really nice zoom tool and flow of 3d viewport
>>>>>> navigation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> How is it 'really nice'? Without details, it's hard to implement
>>>>> something
>>>>> just knowing that it's "really nice" :)
>>>>>
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