RE: Friday Flashback #384

2019-09-01 Thread Sven Constable
So a consistent, logical solution would have been "NONE" as the default label, I agree. But wouldn't it be more confusing especially since it it's only displayed once at start and then never again? Every viewport had to display something at start (wireframe back then) so its not that

RE: Friday Flashback #384

2019-09-01 Thread Matt Lind
Yes, it was only the case before the first switch, but that is exactly the problem as not all viewports will endure a switch. It's very common to change shade mode in viewport B as that's the official camera view, but less so in the other viewports as they often remain as front, right, or top

Re: Thoughts on USD in comparison to Softimage 'Referenced Models'

2019-09-01 Thread Pierre Schiller
Thank you for the advise on that book JB. I totally agree with Jonathan. People is afraid of technical challenges. Most of the time they come from an already wrecked technical background. Unlike us Softimagers, where linear creativity development always allowed us to implement things in the

RE: Friday Flashback #384

2019-09-01 Thread Sven Constable
Alright, maybe the word quirk is appropiate, however I'd rather call it "unusual but useful". :) I think the initial value after launch (WIRE) was just because there was no preassigned state. I agree it might confuse a user at first, having two viewports using different shading modes

RE: Friday Flashback #384

2019-09-01 Thread Matt Lind
It's definitely a quirk. When you launch the application the title bar shows "WIRE" as the shade mode. Which it is. But when you toggle to SHADE mode, it still shows WIRE because that's what'll happen if you click it. In other words, the rules changed. A big no-no because it'll deceive the