Delgine 3D Tools & Content DeleD Community Edition
Forums
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Gizmo's for more tools?

 
This forum is locked: you cannot post, reply to, or edit topics.   This topic is locked: you cannot edit posts or make replies.    DeleD Community Edition Forum Index -> DeleD Development
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
chronozphere
DeleD PRO user


Joined: 20 Jun 2006
Posts: 1010
Location: Netherlands

PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:38 pm    Post subject: Gizmo's for more tools? Reply with quote

Hi,

Wouldn't it be great if we could have more gizmo's in DeleD? The move gizmo is nice, but i'd like to be able to use different gizmo's for other tools aswell.

Some idea's:

    > Add move / rotate / scale gizmo's in all 2D views (just as in NashaUV)
    > Mirror could use a gizmo (one to control the mirror plane)
    > Primitive creators could use gizmo's
    > Path splines could use gizmo's for their control points
    > Various UV mapping tools (cylinder, plane etc) are very hard to use, without having gizmo's for them.

The problem is that most of the gizmo functionality is now mixed up into frm3Dview.pas. Sad

I suggest we make a TCustomGizmo class and derive TCustom3DGizmo and TCustom2DGizmo from that class (for use in the different 2D/3D viewports).
Each gizmo will be take mouse events as input and will output it's data to a TParamList, which will in turn be passed to the actual tool that does the job.

I think this should have a high priority. What do you think? Smile

chronoz
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
paul_nicholls
DeleD PRO user


Joined: 05 Dec 2007
Posts: 356
Location: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think this sounds like a great idea Smile

+1

cheers,
Paul
_________________
Long live DeleD!

Hi ho...hi ho...it's off 3d modeling I go...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Jeroen
Site Admin


Joined: 07 Aug 2004
Posts: 5332
Location: The Netherlands

PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Having more gizmo's can raise DeleD's popularity pretty much, I think. Gizmo's can really speed up productivity and enhance user experience so yeah, I think this could have priority.

Btw, if you're looking for something to refactor before adding new stuff, the Tfrm3DView would be a good place to start looking. It's huge, ugly and really needs to be cleaned up, imo. It's getting harder to add new stuff to it, so... Smile
_________________
Check out Figuro, our online 3D app! More powerful 3D tools for free.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
Display posts from previous:   
This forum is locked: you cannot post, reply to, or edit topics.   This topic is locked: you cannot edit posts or make replies.    DeleD Community Edition Forum Index -> DeleD Development All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum