Missing Poly Build operator description in Tools Bar (Edit Mode) #120692

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Didier-Morandi · 2024-04-16T11:48:11+02:00

Didier-Morandi commented

2024-04-16 11:48:11 +02:00

Blender Version
4.1

These is a missing description for the Poly Build Operator in the Edit Mode Tools bar.
Hovering the icon reads "(undocumented operator)"
FYI.
Thanks.

**Blender Version** 4.1 These is a missing description for the Poly Build Operator in the Edit Mode Tools bar. Hovering the icon reads "(undocumented operator)" FYI. Thanks.

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Philipp Oeser commented

2024-04-16 13:01:44 +02:00

Can confirm these operators (there are multiple) miss ot->description

Would need to be filled for:

MESH_OT_polybuild_transform_at_cursor
MESH_OT_polybuild_delete_at_cursor
MESH_OT_polybuild_face_at_cursor
MESH_OT_polybuild_split_at_cursor
MESH_OT_polybuild_dissolve_at_cursor

@pablovazquez : can you come up with good descriptions?

Can confirm these operators (there are multiple) miss `ot->description` Would need to be filled for: MESH_OT_polybuild_transform_at_cursor MESH_OT_polybuild_delete_at_cursor MESH_OT_polybuild_face_at_cursor MESH_OT_polybuild_split_at_cursor MESH_OT_polybuild_dissolve_at_cursor @pablovazquez : can you come up with good descriptions?

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Didier-Morandi commented

2024-04-16 15:16:06 +02:00

Well no, I'm learning the software and doesn't know anything about Poly Build (yet).

Jonathan Lampel commented

2024-04-16 20:15:17 +02:00

That's tricky because it does quite a lot! Maybe "Extrude, tweak, and delete geometry with precision along a surface".

"A surface" might not be technically correct if the view direction isn't considered a surface, but "along a plane" which is more correct doesn't sound quite right either, and I think communicating that it doesn't add thickness or extrude outwards is an important part of how it works.

That's tricky because it does quite a lot! Maybe "Extrude, tweak, and delete geometry with precision along a surface". "A surface" might not be technically correct if the view direction isn't considered a surface, but "along a plane" which is more correct doesn't sound quite right either, and I think communicating that it doesn't add thickness or extrude outwards is an important part of how it works.

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Paul Kotelevets commented

2024-04-18 15:35:05 +02:00

"Extrude, tweak, and delete geometry with precision along a surface".

Technically, there was a messup with snapping so during holding CTRL snap mode has been inverted so you had to turn off snapping in order to force Ploybuild to snap to object's surface.
I guess it was supposed to utilize view plane when snapping is turned off and support snapping to object's surface when snapping is turned on.

So description might be like "Extrude, tweak, build and delete geometry".
Since even deletion didn't worked nice last time I've been testing this tool, it is hard to define what exactly was intentional.

> "Extrude, tweak, and delete geometry with precision along a surface". Technically, there was a messup with snapping so during holding CTRL snap mode has been inverted so you had to turn off snapping in order to force Ploybuild to snap to object's surface. I guess it was supposed to utilize view plane when snapping is turned off and support snapping to object's surface when snapping is turned on. So description might be like "Extrude, tweak, build and delete geometry". Since even deletion didn't worked nice last time I've been testing this tool, it is hard to define what exactly was intentional.

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Missing Poly Build operator description in Tools Bar (Edit Mode) #120692