[Bf-funboard] Re: UV Mapping menu (removing items)
Campbell Barton
cbarton at metavr.com
Sun Dec 3 03:17:56 CET 2006
GSR wrote:
> Hi,
> cbarton at metavr.com (2006-12-03 at 1048.10 +1100):
>
>> Hi, Iv suggested before but it was too close to release..
>>
>> Id like to have some menu items removed from the UV Calculation menu,
>> because I dont think they are used much/at all.
>>
>> "UV Calculation"
>> Cube Projection
>> .....
>>
>> Project From View
>> Project From View 1/1
>> Project From View 1/2
>> Project From View 1/4
>> Project From View 1/8
>> Reset 1/1
>> Reset 1/2
>> Reset 1/4
>> Reset 1/8
>>
>> Can we get rid of the 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 items? - Make it
>>
>
> Yes, I agree.
>
>
>> ...
>> Project From View
>> Project From View 1/1
>> Reset 1/1
>>
>
> Or as other fractions are gone:
> Project From View
> Project From View (stretch)
> Reset
>
> Or even a shorter "(fit)".
>
>
>> Iv used the UV mapping tools a lot and have never found a good use for
>> these menu items. - Even when making to small areas of an image its
>> better to scale and position after. - even if you want a smaller
>> mapping, chances are youll need to move the smaller map to the area of
>> the image your after so youll need to have the UV/Image window open anyway.
>>
>
> I always wondered too, as if manual tweaking is needed in many cases,
> not worth trying to figure which one to use, just use plain and
> transform (SKEY .5 will give perfect 1/2, if size precision was
> important).
>
> GSR
Im not so worried about new names yet, but the ones you suggest could be
fine.
Scaling with numeric input wasnt implimented when this menu was added,
I asked on the blender user chat room and nobody seemed against removing
these menu items...
- Cam
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