[Bf-modeling] Improving the Vert Connect Tool

[Campbell Barton]

Hi Jonathan,

This can be made to work, but I'm interested to know how smart you
would expect/want this to be.

If there are multiple edges to cut across, just intersecting the most
direct line makes sense I suppose.
But what if there are multiple faces in-between? Would you expect this to work?

http://www.graphicall.org/ftp/ideasman42/join_example_tricky.png

There is also the case of joining multiple faces at once. Which is
currently supported.
http://www.graphicall.org/ftp/ideasman42/join_multi.png

So I think this might internally be 2 tools,
- Keep the current join for 3+ vertices.
- Add a second join tool which can only handle 2 verts but can cut
across edges as you suggest.

(both can be accessed via the Jkey, just as Fkey accesses multiple
creation functions).

I'm mainly interested to know if you would expect this to do some
clever trick tracing a line over the faces and then cutting those, or
if cutting across a single edge is enough.

Is this at a "It would be cool but not necessary?" level or... "it
must work or don't bother"?

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 5:05 AM, Jonathan Williamson
<jonathan at cgcookie.com> wrote:
> Hey Campbell,
>
> I use the Vertex Connect tool (J) constantly. However, it has one major
> fallback with filling in larger areas. It cannot cut through existing edges.
>
> For example, see this screenshot where I'm beginning to fill a grid on an
> NGon: http://cl.ly/PkTD
>
> It would be great if I could cut through an existing edge like illustrated
> in the screenshot. I can do this with the Knife tool, but I find it a bit
> slow and cumbersome. I much prefer to just quickly cut an edge at a time
> with the J key.
>
> Jonathan Williamson
> http://cgcookie.com
>
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- Campbell