although it's not a killer but annoyingly enough change, i could model without it, or select in edge mode, but surely it slows down the workflow, thanks anyway :)
Regards Yousef Harfoush [email protected] > Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 13:15:17 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] select loop behavior > > It's problematic because of the examples in the first post. If I am > trying to select a loop similar to the picture in the first post then it > selects the whole face, which means I have to either change to edge mode > and deselect the offending edge or reselect the other verts. manually. > As fredrik said, this causes workflow problems when working with single > strip quads when doing things like retopo or in my case blocking out a > high/lowpoly surface. > > Without trying to sound like a dick, I cannot imagine a real world > example where any modeller who is at least relatively experienced would > want to select the boundary of an ngon in the manner that you presented > in your example...people just shouldn't model that way. Ngons should > never be used as a boundary... only ever on flat, non deforming surfaces > and only then if they are surrounded by a loop of quads. They can always > inset the ngon and the problem is fixed for them. > > Cheers, > > -Andy > > On 13/05/2013 12:51, Campbell Barton wrote: > > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 9:31 PM, metalliandy > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hmm, It really depends on what the target audience is for this I > >> suppose. It plays havoc when doing subd work, for which ngons should > >> only be used on flat areas that are surrounded by quad loops. > >> How much do people select ngons in this way vs quads? > > Are you talking about the original post from Yousef? > > How to deal with mixes of NGons+Quads+WireEdges+BoundryEdges... is > > disputable and could be changed/improved. > > But I fail to see how a detail about the behavior of selecting the > > endpoint of dangling quad would cause havoc to your workflow. > > > > Can you give details as to why current behavior is so problematic? > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
