[Bf-modeling] Fastloop (loopcut) with subsurf smooth option

[Jonathan Williamson]

Agreed, this would be fantastic.

Jonathan Williamson
http://cgcookie.com


On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 3:59 PM, metalliandy
<metalliandy666 at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> I have spoken to Campbell about this on IRC but wanted to post this on
> here so other people can give their opinions etc.
>
> My proposal is that we add the ability to have a hotkey/button that
> causes the loopcut/slide to constantly be called so that fast loops
> (hence the name) can be made in quick succession without the need to
> constantly hit CTRL+R. The tool would be exactly the same as the normal
> loopcut/slide only after making a cut it would instantly be called again
> so another cut could be made immediately after.
>
> Press button or hotkey> Loopcut> Slide> Loopcut> Slide etc.
>
> I would like the tool to have an option of smoothing the result (by
> pressing Shift when LMB clicking) so that it could be used in
> conjunction with hard surface modeling and the subd modifier as the
> result would still be smooth. This would be the same as setting 'Smooth'
> to 1.0 only set to a hotkey, unless Campbell wants to add something that
> is more intelligent.
>
> I made a script a while back with the help of Crouch that automates this
> functionality (minus the smooth stuff), so if people want to get an idea
> of what this would do please check it out.
> Of course in the official version of this tool it would be nice not to
> have to press Esc x2 to exit and still be able to rotate the mesh. ;)
>
> http://www.metalliandy.com/downloads/scripts/fastloop_016.py
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Andy
>
>
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