[Bf-funboard] Re: idea to replace center cursor and friends

[Peter Haehnlein]

Hi Matt

   Actually I think this is somewhat bigger than just moving object 
centers. Basically it's the idea of decoupling temporarily. Moving a 
center without moving the mesh that depends on the object center. Here's 
a second idea: Moving the parent without moving the child (if that isn't 
already in Blender, but I missed it so far).

   Could Bassams idea get almost as universal as for example Gkey itself?

   I would suggest a shortcut in translation mode (the shortcuts in the 
white modes are not as crowded) and call it

counter-apply or reverse-apply

   I mean thats what happens, isn't it? Doing a translation with the 
object and counteract on all dependant data, so you don't see a visible 
effect. I don't know if such a broad scope is possible, though.

   By the way, I'd really miss the 'center new' button. I use that 
frequently for wheels of all sorts (a center shortcut in whitemode would 
do it as well, I think).

Haunt


Matt Ebb wrote:
> Before thinking about whether it should be a button or a hotkey or 
> whatever (besides, having a visually accessibly menu doesn't preclude 
> there being a shortcut key too), it would be best to figure out exactly 
> how it should work and what it should be used for.
> 
> i.e. whether it's some toggle in object or edit mode, or something 
> beside those two, or whatever will determine how it should be 
> implemented. I can see a whole bunch of uses for something like this, 
> such as:
> 
> * selecting multiple center points of multiple objects and 
> offsetting/rotating/etc them
> * grabbing an object center and moving it to snap to a specific vertex 
> or edge or whatever (eg. quickly making a cube pivot on one of its 
> corners rather than than on its centre
> 
> * should it be animatable?
> 
> Can any of you come up with other examples of usage?
> 
> cheers
> 
> Matt
>