I too would love to see this adopted. It is an incredible boost to the modeling workflow when creating large numbers of faces one-by-one (such as with retopology).
The current hockey extension is ideal for me, particularly since it doesn't change the behavior of the existing fill. -- Jonathan Williamson Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) On Monday, January 21, 2013 at 6:30 AM, metalliandy wrote: > I have been using this and I agree that it I an awesome tool. > I think the hotkey is fine as it is (F) as it is really just an > extension of the fill tool. Also changing the hotkey would degrade the > current workflow as the user would have to move between 2 keys rather > than just hovering over F. Paul said on BA that he was getting 500 polys > an hour with the current system, which is amazing, so I really don't > think we can provide a more optimised hotkey or anything. > > The tool itself isnt that unpredictable really...it just requires that > you learn how it works (In some cases it will create a face based on > mouse position etc.). > > Crouch did an overview video (in the thread linked) that explains this > in more depth and it all seems reasonable to me :) > http://vimeo.com/57686760#at=0 > > I would love to have this in C. > > Cheers, > > -Andy > > On 21/01/2013 13:01, Antony Riakiotakis wrote: > > Hi, there's a great script by Bartious Crouch and Paul Kotelevets that > > extends F key functionality and makes it easier to generate faces > > without selecting all vertices. It is very convenient for retopology > > and modelling work in general and having contacted the authors and > > gotten their consent, I am thinking of adopting it in C, if there's > > agreement from developers too. > > > > To see what it does check here: > > http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?278787-F2 > > > > The only issue that comes to my mind is that you might call this tool > > too smart (meaning it may be difficult for user to predict what it > > will do). It is something like extrude and fill face combined. I would > > vote for its adoption but not certain if F key is the best place to > > place it. Thoughts? > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
