Ruler thickness tool broken in 2.8 beta #61151

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Joe Larson · 2019-02-03T06:47:03+01:00

Joe Larson commented

2019-02-03 06:47:03 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows 10
Graphics card: NVidia GTX 960m

Blender Version
Broken: example: 2.80, git.4ef09cf937f2, blender2.8, 2019-2-2

As described by the tool tip, holding shift should measure thickness. But whether clicked or not, thickness is never measured.

Steps to reproduce:
Be sure left-mouse select is enabled.
Default scene
Click the measure tool
Shift-click on the side of the cube.

**System Information** Operating system: Windows 10 Graphics card: NVidia GTX 960m **Blender Version** Broken: example: 2.80, git.4ef09cf937f2, blender2.8, 2019-2-2 As described by the tool tip, holding shift should measure thickness. But whether clicked or not, thickness is never measured. Steps to reproduce: Be sure left-mouse select is enabled. Default scene Click the measure tool Shift-click on the side of the cube.

Joe Larson commented

2019-02-03 06:47:03 +01:00

Added subscriber: @3dpprofessor

William Reynish commented

2019-02-03 23:44:37 +01:00

Added subscriber: @WilliamReynish

Campbell Barton was assigned by William Reynish

2019-02-03 23:44:37 +01:00

William Reynish commented

2019-02-03 23:44:37 +01:00

Also cannot get this to work.

Campbell Barton commented

2019-02-04 00:29:21 +01:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Campbell Barton closed this issue

2019-02-04 00:29:21 +01:00

Campbell Barton commented

2019-02-04 00:29:21 +01:00

We could change behavior, but this isn't a bug. Edited tooltip. a6f045de3f

We could change behavior, but this isn't a bug. Edited tooltip. a6f045de3f

Joe Larson commented

2019-02-04 00:41:42 +01:00

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Joe Larson commented

2019-02-04 00:50:35 +01:00

Changed status from 'Archived' to: 'Open'

Joe Larson reopened this issue

2019-02-04 00:50:35 +01:00

Joe Larson commented

2019-02-04 00:50:35 +01:00

I encourage you to reconsider simply writing out this functionality. It was a core function of the tool in 2.79 and very useful for analyzing imported meshes.

William Reynish commented

2019-02-04 00:52:01 +01:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

William Reynish closed this issue

2019-02-04 00:52:01 +01:00

William Reynish commented

2019-02-04 00:52:01 +01:00

This is how it works:

Ctrl while dragging to snap
Shift while dragging to measure surface thickness.

This is how it works: - Ctrl while dragging to snap - Shift while dragging to measure surface thickness.

Joe Larson commented

2019-02-04 01:43:27 +01:00

Confirmed that for existing rulers, you can grab an endpoint of them and create this behavior. This is a departure from 2.79 behavior which, in this case, might be considered more intuitive.

Recommend either implementing the creation of a new measuring tool on a shift+click (2.79 behavior), creating a measuring tool object in the default scene located at 1,0,0 to -1,0,0 to avoid future confusion.

Confirmed that for existing rulers, you can grab an endpoint of them and create this behavior. This is a departure from 2.79 behavior which, in this case, might be considered more intuitive. Recommend either implementing the creation of a new measuring tool on a shift+click (2.79 behavior), creating a measuring tool object in the default scene located at 1,0,0 to -1,0,0 to avoid future confusion.

William Reynish commented

2019-02-04 02:02:43 +01:00

The tool could be made more obvious by adding tool settings to switch between distances and thicknesses. That sounds like a good improvement.

@ideasman42: something to keep in mind when you go back to working on the tools?

The tool could be made more obvious by adding tool settings to switch between distances and thicknesses. That sounds like a good improvement. @ideasman42: something to keep in mind when you go back to working on the tools?

Campbell Barton commented

2019-09-09 08:16:49 +02:00

This would be nice to expose in the UI, added task #69660 (Measure tool thickness option exposed in the UI)

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Ruler thickness tool broken in 2.8 beta #61151