Hi Patrick, Regarding point 1), you might want to have a look at 2.70 release notes… http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.70/UI#Transform_Tools_Number_Input
Cheers, Bastien On 21/03/2014 02:57, patrick boelens wrote: > Hi everyone! > > A long, long time ago I've made two changes to Blender that made my life > easier. > > 1) Math in number input. This allowed me to input things like Z 360/32*7 > to rotate an object on the Z-axis by 78.75 degrees; or 7 segments of a > default UV Sphere for instance. This was also extremely useful for > quickly manually placing duplicates in (part of) a circle. Just set the > pivot point to the 3D cursor and type ctrl+D R Z 360/7 6 times to get it done! > > 2) Multi-touch scroll-to-zoom. Currently multi-touch enabled devices > automatically > default to two-finger-scroll for rotating and pinch for zooming. This patch > added a toggle that set > two-finger-scroll to zoom. > > The code for both these areas has > changed significantly, so I've just stayed on 2.67 until now. However, I > am beginning to miss being able to play with new all the new features, > so I'd kind of like to upgrade now. ;) > > Before I spend a lot of > time implementing a new haphazard hack however, I was wondering if > perhaps a core dev would be willing to take a look at this. > > Number one is really more of a wishlist item to me, though it is probably a > very useful tool to have, and would also fit well with the current system now > that we can already type 4-1.3 for instance. > > Scroll-to-zoom, however, is an absolute deal-breaker for me. As I have a > physical handicap that affects the stance of my hands, pinching is a very > slow and difficult operation for me to perform. > > I've tried setting View3D's zoom to Mouse/Trackpad Rotate in the preferences, > but this didn't work properly either. Perhaps these events could be separated > into more generic commands that don't already imply/ affect a function? I.e.: > > Trackpad Rotate -> Trackpad Scroll > Trackpad Zoom -> Trackpack Pinch > > Alright, this mail's long enough as-is methinks. Looking forward to a reply! > > Cheers, > Patrick > > _______________________________________________ > 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
