[Bf-modeling] proper behavior for knife cut, midpoint snap mode

[metalliandy]

Yea, I think that would work well enough in practice, though how would 
one just snap to the middle of a target edge then and regain the 
functionality that people are complaining is lost?

On 03/07/2014 04:29, Campbell Barton wrote:
> Thinking about this more, how about snap to middle of edge by default?
>
> The same way that verts snap by default, then you can disable by
> holding shift (same as verts).
>
> This way edge centers are just treated as an alternative snapping target.
>
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Think its fine to leave as it is now in master.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 3:10 AM, metalliandy
>> <metalliandy666 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Technically I would expect the mid point snap to snap to all intermediate
>>> points but I can also see the usefulness of the other option where the it
>>> only snaps to the last edge at the midpoint.
>>>
>>> I wouldn't personally like to endorse the work around suggested as it would
>>> be a laborious fix that only gets compounded as the face count increases. It
>>> would be far faster to workaround the no midpoint snapping by subdividing
>>> the starting and target edges and then cut a linear line between the newly
>>> created verts.
>>>
>>> If we really don't want to add another hotkey (though perhaps something like
>>> double CTRL press would work?) I would suggest keeping the snapping to
>>> intermediate points option as it's much slower to workaround.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we could add a new addition to the constrain angle where the tool
>>> gives an option to snap to midpoints instead of adding a new hotkey?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> -Andy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 02/07/2014 17:42, Howard Trickey wrote:
>>>
>>> We have conflicting opinions (in the form of bug reports) about what the
>>> behavior should be when you have midpoint-snap on with Knife, and the line
>>> crosses intermediate edges.
>>>
>>> See https://developer.blender.org/T39617
>>> where the user complained that the 2.69 behavior was to snap to the middle
>>> of the intermediate edges too. Though I kind of liked the newer behavior
>>> (not snapping to the intermediate points), I agreed that this was a behavior
>>> regression and so "fixed" it to the 2.69 behavior.
>>>
>>> Now there are complaints about that fix.
>>> See https://developer.blender.org/T40805
>>>
>>> I lean towards reverting to the "don't snap to the middle of the
>>> intermediate edges" method, because there is an easier workaround to get the
>>> other mode: just click on each edge as you cross it while drawing the line
>>> (in midpoint snap mode).  And the star example in the T40805 discussion is
>>> compelling.  (But one could also say the that half-wheel example in T39617
>>> is compelling.)
>>>
>>> What is the right answer?  I don't think this is important enough to make an
>>> option or have different key stroke shortcuts for the two different
>>> midpoint-snapping modes.
>>>
>>> - Howard
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> - Campbell
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