[Bf-funboard] Adding a good way to scale something to 0

[Adam Preisler]

S+0+Return are not close to each other. I use scale to 0 often in varying
axis situations.

I think it would be more than 2 seconds a day, for me maybe even 30
seconds, since it's approximately 1 sec to hit 0 and Enter it + you lose
time looking at keyboard to hit the 0 (since not hitting it results in more
time loss). I am sure I use scale to 0 at least 30 times a day, sometimes
even more with complex modelling.

It is a similar issue to Alt+M-ing and having to choose At Last every time
(although now I know this is not necessary).

I also think if it is possible to speed up something without slowing
anything else down, it's a good thing.

2015-06-04 13:21 GMT+02:00 Thomas Volkmann <lists at thomasvolkmann.com>:

> I might be mistaken, but isn't it simply:
> s + x + 0 + Return
> s + x + shift-z +0 + Return
> at the moment?
> Works pretty fast for me, and how much time do you save by not having to
> hit
> return? 2 seconds a day? ...I wonder what I would do with my newly gained
> sparetime...a new hobby maybe.
> Just kiddin'
> cheers
>
>
> > Adam Preisler <adam at preisler.me> hat am 4. Juni 2015 um 13:00
> geschrieben:
> >
> >
> > By creating a pie menu for all possibilities:
> >
> > scale to 0 Z
> > scale to 0 X
> > scale to 0 Y
> > scale to 0 XY
> > scale to 0 XZ
> > scale to 0 YZ
> > scale to 0 XYZ
> >
> > you just get thrown out of focus while modelling with 7 options and time
> is
> > lost anyway.
> >
> > I am writing about this because I consider it an easy thing to implement
> > that has big impact on the speed of modelling. I myself use scale to 0 a
> > lot.
> >
> > Scale is one of the most important functions in any 3D modelling suite
> and
> > 0 is undeniably the most common input value for it.
> >
> > 2015-06-04 12:47 GMT+02:00 Hadrien Brissaud <hadriscus at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > My bad, I thought it came from the committers list.
> > > I feel free to contribute then : scale to zero and check what that
> does in
> > > the log :
> > > bpy.ops.transform.resize(value=(0, 1, 1), constraint_axis=(True, False,
> > > False), constraint_orientation='GLOBAL', mirror=False,
> > > proportional='DISABLED', proportional_edit_falloff='SMOOTH',
> > > proportional_size=1)
> > > You can bind this to a pie menu with three entries, changing the tuple
> in
> > > the middle to "False, True, False" and "False, False, True" so as to
> scale
> > > on y and z respectively. Then bind the pie to a shortcut in
> preferences.
> > > Double s should work I guess ?
> > >
> > > On 4 June 2015 at 12:39, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Really, I think this is a good place for it. It is also a good idea,
> > > IMOHO.
> > > > This is the official place to come and talk about new ideas for
> improving
> > > > Blender. It is not the dev list. It is simple, it is quick and there
> is
> > > not
> > > > much point in discussing it. You ether want it or not.
> > > > I don't see how it would harm anything. It would help to speed up the
> > > work
> > > > flow.
> > > > What would you get out of posting it in a private forum?
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Hadrien Brissaud <
> hadriscus at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Adam,
> > > > >
> > > > > these pet peeves of yours are very understandable but all have
> rather
> > > > > simple solutions (in your case custom shortcuts bound to pie menus
> seem
> > > > > ideal); I'd advise posting on blenderartists.org before resorting
> to
> > > > > emailing this list - I am no developer but this kind of inquiry
> > > probably
> > > > is
> > > > > more suited to the forums ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Hadrien
> > > > >
> > > > > On 4 June 2015 at 11:19, Adam Preisler <adam at preisler.me> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I am sure many of us scale to 0 very often. Therefore it's a
> shame
> > > > there
> > > > > is
> > > > > > no QUICK way to enter 0 and confirm.
> > > > > > Double tapping G is edge slide, double tapping R is trackball,
> double
> > > > > > tapping S is nothing.
> > > > > > I think that double tapping S should be scale to 0 and confirm,
> if
> > > you
> > > > > > wanted different axis it would be for example
> > > > > >
> > > > > > S+Z+S
> > > > > >
> > > > > > S+Y+S
> > > > > >
> > > > > > S+X+S
> > > > > >
> > > > > > S+Shift+Z+S
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I don't really care if it is done with S or not, but I would
> simply
> > > > like
> > > > > a
> > > > > > way to scale to 0, since that is what I need like 40% of time I
> press
> > > > S.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for reading,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - AP
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