Apply rotation and scale : Auto option for Blender

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Addon which implements it:

Auto Apply Transform (Scale, Rotation, Position)

Hello! this is my first addon … a friend gave me this idea… What it does is to apply scale after any resizing of objects… so… I tried to code it … and I could do it!! now you can get it for free here: [AutoApplyScale] UPDATE: Hey! its me again!!.. Thank you all for your interest in this add on, a lot of people has downloaded the add on, and many of them have been asking me to add an “auto apply rotation” option… Well at first I don’t really know how useful that option would be… but if many…

Proposals on RCS:

The Option To Auto Apply Scale in Object Mode

Under "Preferences" there should be a option "Auto Apply (scale etc.)

Personal opinion:

• Should this functionality be included in base blender - 100% yes.
• Should this be on by default - I’m 50/50 split on this.

This will easily solve like half of issues encountered by new users related to modifiers and non applied scale. Heck, I’m not a new user and I have to use edit mode scaling or apply scale command a lot more than I work with non applied scale objects (especially during beginning block-out phases of modelling).

On other hand auto applying of scale can cascade into more complicated areas than modelling like instances. Will auto scale break linked data? Or will it silently propagate changes to all instances? I would definitely want this setting off at later stages of modelling or layout.

Tldr - yes this is a potentially destructive setting, but so are automerge or proportional editing for example. Hence why it probably should be a toggle in header or tool settings for visibility. Having it on will save a lot of time and keypresses in some cases so it should be added.