[Bf-funboard] Visual aid for constraint during transform

joeedh joeeagar at prodigy.net
Tue Feb 22 05:01:58 CET 2005


Chris Burt wrote:

> Hey Everyone (that means you Theeth) ;)
>
> Broken and I had a quick talk and came up with what might be a good 
> idea for a visual aid for constraints, particularly planar constraints 
> (two axis). The basic premise is that once you chose a plane to 
> constrain to, a faint grid draws around the object center which 
> represents that plane in 3d space. This grid would not have to be 
> vivid nor large to be a useful representaion of the action you're 
> performing. Moreover, if the user choses to use snap by holding CTRL, 
> viola, there's a grid there to snap to. As the object is moved, the 
> grid can "follow" as it were, fading at its edges perhaps to indicate 
> that it continues but isn't visualized. It might look something like 
> this: http://blender.spaceisbig.com/trans_grid.png
>
> Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Flames?
>
> Regards,
> --Chris
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This makes me think of Modo's "work plane," although of course they're 
two completely different things :P  Still, I think it's a good idea. 

joeedh


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