Thaks JoS, looking at the video this add-on could be a godsend!
I’d love to help testing but don’t know how to download and install the add-on.
Also, if you accept suggestions, I’d insert a way to input values with keyboard for precision modeling.
Keep it up mate!
what version of blender are you using (what revision)
the content of mesh_inset_extrude.py (what you call it doesn’t really matter) must look exactly like it does in the link, no extra formatting characters from your browser like “saved in mozilla”
use the copy to clipboard feature, and paste into a fresh file
make sure to be saving it as a .py and not .txt.py
Thanks Zeffii, that “copy to clipboard” feature solved the problem, I was copying from Firefox and probably that would make the code dirty.
JoS, your plugin IS a godsend!
Just tried with my typical difficult situation: inset some faces on a sphere: perfect result!
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Feedback:
after performing the inset action if I click on the values on the Tools panel Blender just revert back to Object mode discarding the changes.
would be nice to have a keyboard modifier to quantize the inset / extrude action (like holding CTRL to make it steps by 10, ALT steps by 1, something like this).
One observation I have is that this tool doesn’t seem to like selections on flat planes.
Example:
Add Plane/ Select Polygon/ Subdivide with 3 “Number of Cuts” and select 3 polygons in the middle and inset extrude = error (see attached image)
but if you curve the same plane just a little and try again, then it works.
It probably has something to do with the normals I guess…
RickyBlender, I activated it by searching with space-bar.
I noticed problem adjusting parameters with Tool shelf, so it’s something which need to be fixed soon.
@ new_blender:
i’d rather fix the most obvious bugs before releasing it officially,
but yes, you are more than welcome to add it to your installer
also thanks for the bugreport
@Carrozza
i’m aware of the tool panel bug, and i have thought about adding a key for quantized inset. first some bugfixing though
@ktysdal:
thanks for the bugreport, it’s just a division by zero, gonna add an exception
@RickyBlender:
have you tried assigning the tool to a shortcut as i show at the end of the video?
@richard marklew
hmm, strange bug will look into it
EDIT:
update fixing bugs reported by RickyBlender and Richard Marklew
also @new_blender, could you post a screenshot of your mesh, when the bug happens? (try with new version of the addon)