On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:39 AM, Jorge Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Blender devs! > > I've been scratching an itch lately and working on a few features that I > would like to see in Blender. I made a video so you can see how it works. > > http://youtu.be/zcEvpjXlIfs > > Here's the video in brief: > > * I added a new tool, a *context-sensitive transform tool*, that does a > different transform depending on what manipulator is active. So, if the > Transform manipulator is active the tool works like Grab, if the scaling > manipulator is active it works like Resize, and so on. > * I added support for *pressing the same button which activated a tool to > confirm*. So, press G once to grab, press it again to confirm. > * I added support for *drag and drop handling*. This is seamless with the > tools. Hold G to grab, drag the object, let go to drop it again. > > When you combine these three things together you get a mode of operation > that I feel takes advantage of the "Blender Way" of doing things, (quickly > and efficiently!) but also makes sense to users coming from other tools. > These changes are also not incompatible with how current Blender users > work, so you don't have to do the W-E-R Maya thing like I do to take > advantage of the new features. > > I'll be submitting patches of my work when I'm a bit happier with them. > (Right now it needs work still for a few edge cases.) For now I was hoping > to get some feedback. What can I do to make the patch submitting process > easier? Like I said in the video I'm going to be working on this for a > while and I would like the team to consider taking me on as a member. In > the meantime my work will be stored on my GitHub fork: > https://github.com/BSVino/Blender > > -- > Jorge "Vino" Rodriguez
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