Hi, Please let's stop this thread? If people like to have lengthy discussions on features there's plenty of other channels or mailing lists (bf-funboard).
We don't have to agree on this, we only have to agree on ways how to tackle things efficiently. -Ton- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.org www.blender.org Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands On 4 Mar, 2012, at 14:58, metalliandy wrote: > I agree. It seems like the most sensible way to get around the > accidental placement of the 3d cursor would be to assign it to double > left click or Shift+Left click. > I never place the 3d cursor with left click as it's just not precise > enough and am always accidentally moving its location when the Blender > window loses focus (especially when using Blender across 2 monitors), so > I cant imagine what it's like for a new or less experienced users. > When I first started to learn Blender, it took me forever to properly > understand what the 3d Cursor did and how its position could > dramatically alter the functionality of some of Blenders tools. Equally > frustrating was the fact that I didn't know how to reset it :P > > As more experienced Blender users, I feel that we can often forget how > the 3d Cursor is an alien concept to even seasoned 3d artists who are > fluent in other applications such as Max/Maya/Softimage/Modo etc.. Most > of the people who learn Blender after using another application just > want to make it vanish or find it annoying because they don't understand > its purpose, and that they keep placing it in a random location > accidentally. I feel these proposed changes could help reduce some of > this annoyance because it wont constantly be moving position with > accidental clicks. > > It also seems like a little bit of a waste to have the 3d cursor placed > with the left mouse button, as I can't imagine that many people use it > so much as to justify such a prominent key binding (though I could be wrong) > > > On 04/03/2012 07:41, Dan Eicher wrote: >> I use the 3d cursor all the time -- it's a very powerful feature once >> you know how to 'correctly' use it -- but rarely, if ever, use LMB to >> set it. Mostly I just use my pie menu script that mirrors the shift+S >> menu when I'm in that mode since there isn't really a good/fast way to >> set it and the built-in menu kind of sucks ass when doing a lot of 3d >> cursor work (for stuff like snapping bones' head/tails and such). >> >> My opinion is that it shouldn't be hidden for the 'benefit' of noobs >> because there's a lot of power that will be lost to them without >> having to go through all the trouble of finding some check box in some >> random panel to turn it on. Kind of like the 'lock view to cursor' >> feature, how many people can say they even know it exists since it's >> hidden away in the N panel View settings -- honestly I totally forgot >> about it myself before reading this discussion and I wrote the patch >> (not that I'm saying it should be more visible/accessible, just using >> it as an example of a 'hidden' feature)... >> >> OTOH LMB select for cursor placement should be reconsidered since >> using the LMB to set the cursor would suggest it is a *very* important >> operation (LMB being one of the main UI input methods) while it is >> mostly not a practical method for accurate/usable placement (2d mouse >> pointer + 3d view matrix + 3d cursor previous position == not usually >> what you want unless you specifically know that's what you want (ie, >> in one of the named view modes)). >> >> Setting it to double-click LMB would open up that UI input method to >> something which really is a *very* important operation (like regular >> select without all the RMB Select Dogma -- not that I care about that >> though). >> >> Dan >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
