[Feature Request] Enhanced Grab Tool, Rotate Tool and Scale

famitsu · Post by **famitsu** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:36 pm

I've been using Maya and when I change to use Blender, I felt a bit hard to move objects, vertices, edges and cv around perspective view. Blender's Grab tool dont have the XYZ Coordinate Handle, every move actions are done by eyes, while with Maya you can move it and snap it to other objects, cv, vertices or grid easily.

MOVE TOOL of MAYA

Also, the rotate tool and scale tool should have the coordinate handle to make the editting job easier and more accurate

ROTATE TOOL of Maya

SCALE TOOL

sten · Post by **sten** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:51 pm

maybe you haven't followed the latest development, but if you wait some weeks Blender 2.37 will just have that

http://blender3d.com/cms/Manipulator_Widgets.548.0.html

and if you want, you CAN actually test them already, just got to "Test build" forum here and grab a version of your system:
http://www.blender.org/modules.php?op=m ... forum&f=18

cheers

mongrol · Post by **mongrol** » Mon May 16, 2005 2:28 pm

Just a quick question regarding this. I've been toying about with Tohupuu3 and I like the new transform and manipulator functions. What's the keybindings for constraining transforms to 2 axis?

I also love the shift+space patch for enlarging a window. Its now almost possible for me to work in a single window view!

slikdigit · Post by **slikdigit** » Mon May 16, 2005 2:38 pm

in addition to the (as yet unreleased) manipulators, I hope you are aware of middle mouse clicking during a transform to constrain to x,y,z axis?

sten · Post by **sten** » Mon May 16, 2005 2:39 pm

mongrol wrote:Just a quick question regarding this. I've been toying about with Tohupuu3 and I like the new transform and manipulator functions. What's the keybindings for constraining transforms to 2 axis?

I also love the shift+space patch for enlarging a window. Its now almost possible for me to work in a single window view!

I guess the old way...looking into one axis and transforming the other at same time at a 2D plane...other than that I don't even know if it is possible with current transform/widgets.

About Tuhopuu and Bf-Blender there are some differences, some code are moved or merged from Bf --> Tuhopuu, some don't...and some in Tuhopuu might never get into Bf...

Bellorum · Post by **Bellorum** » Mon May 16, 2005 3:11 pm

mongrol wrote:Just a quick question regarding this. I've been toying about with Tohupuu3 and I like the new transform and manipulator functions. What's the keybindings for constraining transforms to 2 axis?

I also love the shift+space patch for enlarging a window. Its now almost possible for me to work in a single window view!

Try pressing shift in combination with X, Y, Z

With widgets you simply hold down shift and grab the handle.

sten · Post by **sten** » Mon May 16, 2005 5:05 pm

Bellorum wrote:
mongrol wrote:Just a quick question regarding this. I've been toying about with Tohupuu3 and I like the new transform and manipulator functions. What's the keybindings for constraining transforms to 2 axis?

I also love the shift+space patch for enlarging a window. Its now almost possible for me to work in a single window view!
Try pressing shift in combination with X, Y, Z With widgets you simply hold down shift and grab the handle.

wow...didn't know that...wonders of new transform, heh, even me must learn something new each day

Tack!

joeri · Post by **joeri** » Tue May 17, 2005 12:38 pm

Yup, a nice doc / tuto / full report on release would be nice.
So people (like me) can also start using the new features.

Like the upcoming softbodies are a total mistery to me, yet some users seem to be wizards already.