[Bf-modeling] Snap to Object Centers

[Jonathan Williamson]

Andy, we currently have the ability to "Snap onto itself" for vertex
snapping. Similar to what you're wanting, but basically opposite. Seems to
me that restricting self snapping is a bit worthless, and really ought to
be reversed, to restrict snapping to only itself.
http://cl.ly/Qmz7

Jonathan Williamson
http://cgcookie.com


On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:54 PM, metalliandy <metalliandy666 at googlemail.com
> wrote:

>  Sounds good to me! +1
>
> Another thing that I would like to see regarding snapping is better
> detection to what you are snapping too. Currently it can get quite hard to
> snap to a vert (in vert snap) if there is a mesh with a subd modifier on a
> mesh that is under the mesh that you are trying to snap to. Often it tries
> to snap to the subd mesh rather than the mesh that is currently in edit
> mode. I'm not saying that we should disable snapping to objects that are
> not in edit mode as this can be quite useful, but it would be nice to
> maybe  work something out where the mesh in edit mode takes precedence or
> we could disable subd calculations for other meshes when snapping to verts.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Andy
> On 12/08/2013 15:37, Jonathan Williamson wrote:
>
>  Mattmerk on BA asked if there was a way to snap vertices to an object
> center, as he is using empties generated from a Syntheyes tracked scene to
> layout his environment.
>
>  Currently the only way to do this is with the 3D Cursor. Which can be
> done by selecting the empty in Object Mode, SHIFT+S > Cursor to Selected,
> then select the mesh, enter Edit Mode, select the vertex, and finally press
> SHIFT+S > Selection to Cursor.
>
>  Then you have to repeat this for every vertex.
>
>  This works but is a very poor workaround anytime you need/wish to snap
> vertices (or anything for that matter) to any object origin. If you're
> snapping to mesh objects then you can snap to the Volume center, but this
> is still funky and very seldom works for the purpose needed.
>
>  I would like to propose an addition:
>
>  *Snap to Object Origins*
> This would allow the snapping of objects and mesh components to the origin
> for another object. For example: http://cl.ly/QmfL
>
>  This should be created as a new Snap Element, http://cl.ly/Qm3E, via
> Object.
>
>  Thoughts?
>
>  Jonathan Williamson
> http://cgcookie.com
>
>
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