Des Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I use the "Interval Snap" in "Snap Options" all the time. I constantly change the interval while modelling. So I was thinking of having multiple snap interval settings available so we can just select presets to help speed things up (for me anyway ). Here's a little edited version of the palette to give an idea... Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¢hris £und Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 +10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTEK Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisA Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¢hris £und Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 And allow hotkeys and or scripts to access these settings!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setz Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 +1 this would enable the return of a center of segment snap keysct! My 2¢ - snap to increment should include the endpoints as it used to. Currently only the interval points are snapped to but if the interval at the end of the segment is desired, the snap must be changed to endpoint. Thanks ¢hris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¢hris £und Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Setz, Agreed, however, I presume that they figure with point snap on as well as interval as opposed to "changed to" , the situation is covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setz Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Hi Chris, I mentioned this suggestion before with a little bit of blowback so I do understand there is another POV of this issue, but I don't think it would be disruptive to implement it. Somehow I have set up my key scts for snaps to be exclusive, which I like very much; it gives me a very sure indication of exactly which snap is being implemented. For example, when I fire the key sct for Point, all other snaps are turned off. When I fire the Increment sct, point is turned off, so if I want to snap to the Endpoint, I have to switch back to Point. A minor, minor issue, but I want to reduce the myriad of little tasks that require a second or two. There is a saying "death by 1000 cuts". How's the earthship coming along, I saw some pictures awhile back, looks interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsOne Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 +1 or at a minimum please return the Midpoint snap. At times I need interval and midpoint at the same time. I have gone over this issue in previous posts (Support agreed with the need fyi). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cooper Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 +1 this would enable the return of a center of segment snap keysct! My 2¢ - snap to increment should include the endpoints as it used to. Currently only the interval points are snapped to but if the interval at the end of the segment is desired, the snap must be changed to endpoint. Thanks ¢hris. +1 for on the fly interval snap options and for a centre of segment snap key-sct. I prefer however the interval not to include end of segment unless it is an option the user can select. The reason for this is that when wanting to snap to something visibly small I want to be sure I hit the interval, especially if it is the mid point without concern I may have snapped the end point by mistake making a zoom in required to check, which would be an annoyance. An additional separate middle of segment snap would be a good solution. Smaller icons in the toolbar which are clearer due to the use of colors in the buttons as well as the hard to distinguish detailed graphics, to help distinguish between tools would be welcome, with heavy underlining to show which are active rather than whole button changing colour. This is another topic really but definitely related if we are suggesting adding tools to the toolbars so they can be more compact, yet still distinguishable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¢hris £und Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Setz, How are you getting Z to switch on one snap and switching others off with a key stroke? are you using external software that allows macros? Or have you somehow managed to do this within Z? If External software (such as with a mouse driver or external keypad) The macros could turn on interval snap and points snap at the same time. then when you use your point snap macro, only points would be activated. I can do this with both my mouse driver (SteerMouse) and with my external Keypad (Orbweaver) Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setz Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 It's within FZ. I will verify in the morning but I think when scts are set from the sct mgr rather than from contextual clicking on the snap buttons that the snaps are exclusive. This is true for all snaps except for "Snap to Line" for some reason, maybe I set that one with the contextual menu. I'll let you know inthe morning. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setz Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 It's within FZ. I will verify in the morning but I think when scts are set from the sct mgr rather than from contextual clicking on the snap buttons that the snaps are exclusive. This is true for all snaps except for "Snap to Line" for some reason, maybe I set that one with the contextual menu. I'll let you know inthe morning. Cheers. Alan, I respect your workflow. I think having it as an option would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsiggia Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I miss the "match grid" check box in the snap options. Am I missing it somewhere else? Thanks, Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setz Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 When my snap scts are combined with the CMD key they become exclusive and shut off the other snaps. For example, snap to point set to CMD+F1 sets point as the snap and turns off all other snaps. When point snap is set to F1, it simply turns on and off point snap and the other snaps stay on or off as they were. My line snap is not exclusive because it is not set with a CMD modifier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¢hris £und Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I don't see the option to set that, and when I attempt to add the CMD to my keystroke, it does nothing. I have remapped my shortcuts though... Tech, does this screw things up for behaving such as setz suggests? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setz Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I really like this functionality. No question about what is being snapped to. It's here: (on OSX) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Hi Chris, Setz's shortcuts should be fine. You can also right click on the desired Object Snap icon and choose Set Shortcut if you like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¢hris £und Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Tech, I guess I was expecting a different pick option to apply a shortcut to, not a change of behavior for the same by adding the CMD key to the shortcut. i.e. was expecting something like Snap/Isolate Point Snap/"user shortcut" What I don't understand is why adding the CMD key to a snap shortcut then isolates that snap. Are there other shortcuts where a modifier key changes the behavior? Are they listed? From a code perspective, is the method overloaded? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Hi Chris, Not sure why this would be "overloaded" but this was implemented based on suggestions by users. If you give it a try, do you have any issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¢hris £und Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 No issues, other than my curiosity. Are there any others like this that are listed? Method/Function overloading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_overloading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Sorry, I am not currently thinking of "others like this..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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