Why the hard/complicated way? For me it would be enough to have just the option if i need it. Something like an unchecked checkbox in the object tab named "use custom wire color"/"custom wire color" and a per default inactive color selector. This would be entirely optional and the user could decide if he needs it (like i do at the moment) and which color he would find appropriate.
We already use this feature for bone groups, why not also for meshes? Tobias Oelgarte Am 30.06.2012 15:29, schrieb Campbell Barton: > The problem with this is colors are already assigned meaning > > black - regular > orange - selected > green - group > blue - linked > grey - background set / dupligroup instance > white - transforming > > Some of these with lighter tints for being active. > > Here are a few ideas on ways around this - which I don't much like :S > - but came up with them since SebastianK was asking for this feature > recently/ > > * Have a different draw mode that shows wire colors. (workaround and > not elegant but would work). > > * use some wire outline/halo... would give visual noise but could be > made to be OK... still dont like. > > * From discussion with Sebastian we thought it could be interesting to > show objects on the active layer differently. > Patch: > http://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=31380&group_id=9&atid=127 > > Sebastian tried the patch... can't recall his exact response but we > agreed it didnt really work that well. > > A related topic is how colors should be assigned - per object or using > some rule based system so you dont have to manually mess about with > colors. > > On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Gaia<gaia.cl...@machinimatrix.org> wrote: >> I like that idea. I would like to go one step further and >> propose the function: >> >> - mark current selection with custom color >> >> With that function we could instantly support a whole >> lot of usage scenarios like: >> >> - select objects -> visual mark with custom color >> - select all duplicate vertices -> visual mark with custom color >> - select loose edges and vertices -> ... >> - etc ... >> >> It would also be nice to have multiple custom colors. >> But just one would already be very useful i think. >> >> cheers, >> Gaia >> >> On 30.06.2012 14:01, Tobias Oelgarte wrote: >>> In a current project i need to construct a mesh in between curves >>> (meshes with edges) of different objects. But it is very hard to >>> distinguish the curves from each other or the current model from the >>> curves. Is there a way to give the edges of different meshes/objects a >>> different color? >>> >>> If not, could this be added as an display option for the object? I would >>> really like to see this more or less simple feature. >>> >>> Greetings from >>> Tobias Oelgarte >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bf-committers mailing list >>> Bf-committers@blender.org >>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
