Grid scale is ambiguous #106767

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Dave Whitney · 2023-04-10T16:50:38+02:00

Dave Whitney commented

2023-04-10 16:50:38 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.22621-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: NVIDIA RTX A5000/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 528.49

Blender Version
Broken: version: 3.5.0, branch: blender-v3.5-release, commit date: 2023-03-29 02:56, hash: 1be25cfff18b
Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected)

Short description of error
When viewing in any orthographic view, the upper left corner shows the scale of the grid, but it's ambiguous because of the "second level" grid lines.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
See attached images:

These are two different views at very different zoom levels. You cannot tell me which is which because there's no way to know how big the minor grid lines are. The UI needs a means of communicating precisely how big 1 meter is. Turns out in the first image the minor grey lines are 1 meter, in the 2nd the major brighter lines are 1 meter.

I did notice this:

But changing the subdivisions count from 10 to 1 (or to any other value) has no effect.

The UI should show only 1 grid, and that at the given described scale (meters, 10cm, etc).

**System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.22621-SP0 64 Bits Graphics card: NVIDIA RTX A5000/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 528.49 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 3.5.0, branch: blender-v3.5-release, commit date: 2023-03-29 02:56, hash: `1be25cfff18b` Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected) **Short description of error** When viewing in any orthographic view, the upper left corner shows the scale of the grid, but it's ambiguous because of the "second level" grid lines. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** See attached images: ![image](/attachments/a68f7288-aa28-4809-a60e-4ee9b64d15b4) ![image](/attachments/ba6d8f19-c782-40c4-b62c-75108f8c04ef) These are two different views at very different zoom levels. You cannot tell me which is which because there's no way to know how big the minor grid lines are. The UI needs a means of communicating precisely how big 1 meter is. Turns out in the first image the minor grey lines are 1 meter, in the 2nd the major brighter lines are 1 meter. I did notice this: ![image](/attachments/bbf788fd-aac7-48cb-9e17-41ac0b2fe427) But changing the subdivisions count from 10 to 1 (or to any other value) has no effect. The UI should show only 1 grid, and that at the given described scale (meters, 10cm, etc).

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Dave Whitney added the

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Dave Whitney commented

2023-04-10 17:01:04 +02:00

Another option is to have an explicit size indicator next to the word, like is done in maps.

and then zoom much further out:

Another option is to have an explicit size indicator next to the word, like is done in maps. ![image](/attachments/0d55be8c-0ba9-43e0-a2c4-3d39cc981fd6) and then zoom much further out: ![image](/attachments/7fef452b-a995-4935-acf9-0d27d6740ae7)

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Pratik Borhade commented

2023-04-11 15:46:51 +02:00

Hi, thanks for the report.

But changing the subdivisions count from 10 to 1 (or to any other value) has no effect.

This is because Grid subdivision property only works when unit system is set to None.

The UI should show only 1 grid, and that at the given described scale (meters, 10cm, etc).

Another option is to have an explicit size indicator next to the word, like is done in maps.

The issue reported here is a request for modified/improved behavior and not a bug in current behavior. Closing as this bug tracker is only for bugs and errors.

For user requests and feedback, please use other channels: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Communication/Contact#User_Feedback_and_Requests

For more information on why this isn't considered a bug, visit: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Not_a_bug

Hi, thanks for the report. > But changing the subdivisions count from 10 to 1 (or to any other value) has no effect. This is because Grid subdivision property only works when unit system is set to `None`. > 1. The UI should show only 1 grid, and that at the given described scale (meters, 10cm, etc). > 2. Another option is to have an explicit size indicator next to the word, like is done in maps. The issue reported here is a request for modified/improved behavior and not a bug in current behavior. Closing as this bug tracker is only for bugs and errors. For user requests and feedback, please use other channels: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Communication/Contact#User_Feedback_and_Requests For more information on why this isn't considered a bug, visit: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Not_a_bug

Pratik Borhade closed this issue

2023-04-11 15:46:53 +02:00

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