[Bf-funboard] little improvement: align view3d.localview to object's local axis

[Julian Herzog]

Hi,

I wished I had such functionality many times in the past, as working on
parts of a larger system (e.g. a car/aircraft/spaceship) that is already
positioned in the scene is very hard even if all objects are still having
their original rotation and are just parented to a positioning empty (or in
a similar setup). Tools like spin, box-select or surface snapping (retopo)
rely on precise alignment of the current view and while there are tools to
achieve alignment of the current view to, for example, a certain face,
quickly aligning the view to local object axes is quite cumbersome (unless
I am missing existing functionality).

So I fully support the proposal. Of the possible implementations, I think
the third one (align view axis rotation to last selected object's axis
rotation) is most helpful to easily and quickly work on a single object in
its own local axes. The last one (add axis selection to view properties
panel), although in my opinion not suitable to generate a fast workflow,
would definitely be helpful for more complex and rare problems of custom
view alignment.

-Julian
On Nov 7, 2013 2:04 PM, "Seweryn Niemiec" <ser at man.szczecin.pl> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Sometimes one wants to fine tune mesh of object already positioned (and
> rotated) in the scene. It would be much more comfortable to work with
> mesh in edit mode if keys 1/3/7 on numpad align view to front/side/top
> according to object's local axis. So it's not about transform axis,
> which already can be changed, but about view axis and more about its
> rotation than location and scale. Local View mode would be perfect place
> for such functionality, as itself name suggests it.
>
> In object mode numpad shift-1/3/7 provide such functionality, but it
> doesn't work in edit mode (view is aligned do selected vertex/edge/face
> axis).
>
> Expected behavior:
>
> When in local view mode, numpad 1/3/7 gives front/side/top view of
> object no matter how object is rotated on the scene.
>
> I can see following implementations:
>
> - temporarily cancel all object transformations when entering local view
> mode (perfect solution but only for one object selected when entering
> local view)
> - temporarily cancel objects rotation transformation when entering local
> view mode
> - align view axis rotation to last selected object's axis rotation
> - add axis selection to view properties panel
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Seweryn Niemiec
>
>
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