Your blog post clears things up, I thought the purpose of the modifier was different. The "object" mode is kind of similar to cage baking then ? Taking another object as source for the normals (high poly -> low poly).
Thank you. Hadrien On 3 August 2014 18:55, Bastien Montagne <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep, docs will be needed for sure. :) > > Modifier is rather simple to use though, > > http://mont29.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/custom-split-normals-first-testbuild-available/ > and the tooltips should be enough to start using it? > > Bastien > Le 03/08/2014 10:27, Hadrien Brissaud a écrit : > > I see thank you. I got a build yesterday on Graphicall but couldn't > figure > > out how to properly use the new modifier, I guess some doc will probably > be > > needed. > > > > Regards, > > > > Hadrien > > > > > > On 3 August 2014 16:40, Bastien Montagne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Not currently, no. It might be, ultimately, but imho the combination > >> modifier + vgroup is powerful enough to cover 99% of the needs (at > >> least, from use cases I found on the web). And adding direct edition in > >> Edit mode (though possible with current design) implies much bigger > >> changes in that mode, we'd have to add loops (face corners) selection > >> mode, many edittools and code not only to edit the normals, but also > >> maintain consistency of normals across 'smooth fans', etc. Not sure we > >> would get an agreement on such invasive changes. > >> > >> Bastien > >> > >> Le 03/08/2014 09:30, Hadrien Brissaud a écrit : > >>> Hello everyone, > >>> > >>> regarding the future implementation of custom normals ; is it planned > to > >>> have them editable in the viewport the same way as vertices edges and > >> faces > >>> (*ie* Maya style) ? > >>> > >>> Thank you, > >>> > >>> Hadrien > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
