[Bf-modeling] Snap to Object Centers

[Campbell Barton]

Committed r59256.

Snaps to object center, empties that are also dupli's are ignored
(since they have their own data which is snapped to).

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 7:39 AM, metalliandy
<metalliandy666 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Yea, I currently have that always on but even when it is off it really
> doesn't seem to make much difference tbh.
> Hopefully we can work something out that works for everyone.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Andy
>
>
> On 12/08/2013 19:08, Jonathan Williamson wrote:
>
> 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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