[Bf-funboard] Suggested list of precision modeling tools

[Raindrops From Sky]

Hi

I am not a developer, so cannot implement them myself.

BTW I thought this "Feature Board" is made up of UX (User Experience) /
Usability experts who are supposed to recommend which feature set should be
taken up next for development. So I expected a debate on how these features
can save time and effort in modeling.

There is indeed a set of tools called "CADTools", but it was designed for
Blender 2.49; and not updated for Blender 2.6x.
According to the author, this work is delayed because Blender APIs are not
suitable. Further, the author expects annual support from users who are
supposed to obtain individual licenses from him. So it is not truly
freeware.

Some 3-4 features would be implemented in Project Sushi (GSOC 2012), which
is still running.

But a vast majority of these features are not taken up yet.

Regards,
Narayan




On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Raindrops From Sky
> <raindrops.fromsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> > yes, I have already stated that these features would be great for
> > engineering/archviz projects.
> >
> > But also notice that a lot of Blender users model non-organic items such
> as
> > cars, aircraft, houses and guns.
> > These features are equally useful to those users as well.
> >
> > These features cannot "tie down" Blender for those purposes, or make it
> > unusable for "artistic/organic" projects.
> > Let the user enable these features from the "User Preferences" panel.
> >
> > Also, note that SU is no longer a freeware: It is free "only for personal
> > use".
> > So we can expect a large proportion of SU users to turn to Blender over
> the
> > next few months.
> >
> > So, over the next few months, many more users would need these features.
> >
> > ****
> > Doing an equivalent operation in Blender is quite tedious.
> > Frankly, no one has yet come out with a "how to" wiki, pdf or video
> > tutorial.
>
>
> There are some really cool tools for this sort of thing but I am not
> sure where right now and have no time to search. Look in the addons.
> I would like to have tools like this and even tried to talk a dev into
> making them one time, but no luck. Your ideas are better so maybe they
> would do it? Have you thought about doing them yourself in python?
>
>
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