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

[Diego Gangl]

Hi, I don't think scaling to 0 is something users usually do multiple
times everyday, specially in modelling.

It is something you do though, so I'd recommend adapting Blender to
your workflow. One way would be adding a new hotkey for scaling to 0.
Go to preferences > input > 3D View > 3D view generic and add a new
key. Set this as the operator: "transform.resize". When you input the
operator all the settings will show up and you can set the different
axis to 0, etc.

If you need help setting key/s, try blenderartists.org or the CGCookie
community forums

Cheers!



2015-06-04 9:58 GMT-03:00 Adam Preisler <adam at preisler.me>:
> 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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