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

[Campbell Barton]

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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