[Bf-funboard] removal of "add>mesh>Tube"

Joe Eagar joeedh at gmail.com
Mon Apr 2 22:37:45 CEST 2007


Campbell Barton wrote:
> Stephen Swaney wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 08:45:08PM +1000, Campbell Barton wrote:
>>> Alexander Ewering wrote:
>>>> The fact that the dialog doesn't remember its options is indeed 
>>>> horrific,
>>>> and inconsistent with the previous functionality and most other 
>>>> dialogs in
>>>> Blender which do remember options from usage to usage. I didn't try 
>>>> it yet,
>>>> however this definitely needs to be fixed.
>>> I didnt make it remember the setting because I wanted to have 
>>> defaults - Circle Off, Cone On, Cylinder On etc.
>>>
>>> However its no big deal to have a fill setting for each type.. seems 
>>> thats what people want.
>>
>> I hate to play the spoil-sport here, but maybe we could have some
>> discussion about how things should work before we go an implement
>> them.
>>
>> An application is not a random collection of features.  Consistency
>> in how things work makes an app easy to use.  Grab mode, for example,
>> works the same everywhere.  It would be nice if dialogs for similar
>> tasks behaved in a similar way.
>
> The points being discussed now are quite small, how to set defaults etc.
> Ill pass the default-per-type idea by Briggs or Ton and see what they 
> think. seems a good solution to me.
>
> we know we want realtime updates etc. but cant have them with the 
> current system. so IMHO this improves things withing the constraints 
> of the existing UI.
>
> I can add "Tube" back to the menu later of needs be.
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I think just having cylinder remember the cap end setting is good enough.

Joe


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