This commit adds some first building blocks for the two operators to work modally based on mouse input. To make their function easier, two hotkeys are introduced, Ctrl+B for bevel and I for inset.
TODO:
After discussion with Campbell, we would like to add scale-style line indicators for the operators. This is already done for transform operators but a new interface for mesh operations may have to be written using pieces from that code since, strictly speaking bevel and inset are not exactly "transform" operators.
Also, a better input method for inset is needed and more options exposed. The method implemented right now uses mouse move for thickness and ctrl-mouse move for depth. These are calculated using the distance of the selection center in screen space and the mouse position. While that may work and prevents abrupt changes in values when switching from thickness tweak mode to depth tweak mode, it limits the magnitude of values that can be put into the tool especially in small or large scale.
Alternatives until a better method is written include:
* use relative offset (works but may give strange results)
* tweak manually after the operation.
Now only one operator. Same options for vertices, edges and faces (so adds edges sorting, and some options to vertices sorting).
Face sorting should behave as previously. However, XSortVerts won’t pack anymore selected vertices at the begining of the vert array (as it used to), if you want such behavior you’ll have to first run SortElements with Selected action.
Also added bug ref I forgot in r46354 (armature.c).
- makes wireframe from faces.
- options similar to inset (even offset, relative scale)
- copies face settings and loops (uvs, vcolors)
- optionally replaces the existing geometry.
from user freedback it seems there are 2 use cases, both valid.
* Select geometry and cut the selection in half (as 2.4x worked)
* Point-to-point define the faces to cut, dont cut through everything (only cut what you see).
With the second, since you are already selecting the edges to cut and snapping to them. only cutting the selecting is limiting/annoying.
Modifying these options while the knife tool runs doesn't work well, so expose under 2 keys, K, Shift-K.
- Even option (like solidify even option)
- Relative option (insets based on lengths of surrounding edges)
TODO: merge tares when 2+ face corners meet but don't form a contiguous region.
* made bmesh_structure.h function names more consistant.
* remove unused code in bmesh_structure.c
* removed 'Edge Flip' operator (missing from bmesh but looked into trunk feature and dont think its worth keeping).
* tagged some BMESH_TODO's
This is a kind of simplification/cleanup tool which joins adjacent faces and edges based on the angle.
I've written this as an exercise (since I havnt written a bmesh operator before), and because quite a few users were asking for the dissolve operator to be extended, but I think this kind of functionality needs its own operator.
access from specials menu and mesh menu.
notes
* this exposed a bug in angle_v3v3v3(). will merge fix into trunk after release.
* added utility function BM_vert_edge_angle(), to get the angle between 2 connecting edges of a vert.
More "Reset ops properties" stuff, in select C keymaps this time.
Also ARMATURE_OT_select_inverse -> ARMATURE_OT_select_all(action='INVERT'). Left the select_inverse op code, though, it’s not using the same algo as INVERT of select_all ???
- 2 new navmesh operators, reset and clear navmesh data.
- rename operators to be more consistent with existing names.
- some minor edits to draw function, was getting the custom data for every index when it already had the array.
and select loose verts/edges:
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Split select by number of vertices and select
loose verts/edges into seperate functions.
Previously select by number of vertices was
also accessed through two different UI items,
"Select Quads" and "Select Triangles". Now
it is one function with a integer property
for selecting the size of the face you want
selected.
Also added an option to modify the behavior
of the selection. Can now select whether you
want to select faces that have vertices
equal to, less than or greater than the number
of vertices in operator property.