headus 3D tools

[lemo]

Thanks for building that in!
However, Shift-I should turn the entire circumference into a rigid edge. The oposite function to ctrl-I. That would be fantastic. Right now I have to shift-I a LOT to get around my tubular stuff. Double-I can still give a limited amount. I think that would work great.

Cheers
Rainer

[headus]

"Right now I have to shift-I a LOT"

Someone else said the exact same thing to me a week or so ago in email, so you'll be glad to hear that I've done something about this already :-)

I've made the Ctrl-I/K keys context sensitive, so aim at an edge thats already tagged and it unsets all edges for that shell ... this is what Ctrl-I/K did before.

If however the picked edge is *untagged*, then that edge and all other edges are tagged if they have a similar orientation. The idea behind this is that sometimes you may only want (for example) all horizontal-ish edges to be lined up (see attached image).

To tag *all* edges, you'd do one set of edges first, flatten, then tag the perpendicular set and flatten again.

The original requester has been testing this out, and I haven't heard any complaints, so I'll release this tweak sometime in the next day or so.

Phil

[lemo]

Sounds great! A toggle function. And yes, it's nice to only tag opposing sides. I have not thought about it, but often it is necessary to leave the ends 'bend' to prevent massive distortions.

Thanks again for making this tool even more cool than it already is!
Rainer

[headus]

The latest update now does the above. See this posting for details ...

http://www.headus.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=2890#2890

Phil

[lemo]

"Use with care."

Thanks!
Rainer

[headus]

Yeah, if you try to apply it to a shell thats not sort of squarish anyway, then results will be unpredictable ... actually, I take that back ... I'm pretty sure it'll turn it into a jumbled mess :-) At least the undo is there if it doesn't work.

Phil