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[xan2622]

Hi @Davi_Silveira.
I have updated my “mock-up image”. At first, I suggested that hotkeys could be displayed onscreen, but it might be better (less intrusive) to display them in an ordinary tab, in the (N panel) sidebar.

Coding-wise, do you think it’s possible to create an add-on that shows different hotkeys depending on the modelling context (in the viewport)?

[poly2poly2]

A magnet tool like Lightwave.
This tool is similar to Proportional editing but it can go through the mesh. Have not found something similar in blender. Mira tools is also a bit close but
It’s so good for deforming meshes.

Ex.

Activating the tool you get a movable circle widget(violet) that can be resized with corner handles.
The center has the most effect and effect falloffs to the sides.

Manipulating the widget in top view moves the mesh within the circle widget but the vertices don’t get messed up of the box from top to bottom. It’s like 2d brute force proportional edit

If I manipulate the widget from the side view, the effect is shown.

[RSEhlers]

The guy has set all his items to force connect you to a subscription to his U-tube and redirects off to different file host sites ( which never ends after a subscription) you have to repeat for anything you want from him, I find this just insulting and a very poor way to make his channel popular!

[RSEhlers]

Try just using a lattice with a mesh deform modifier, and add a lattice modifier to your object…works until some sort of addon could be made…
A little over the top, but shows what it can do…

[Zxen]

Please create a Navigation addon because the navigation in Blender is disgusting.

1. Enable WASD to steer the Viewport at all times (disable other uses for those keys).
2. Allow user to Hit the Shift key to pan while orbiting so they can fly around their project freely. No need to let go ever - just hold shift as you need it seamlessly.
3. Set ‘zoom to cursor’ as default.
   These are the same settings as Sketchup, which is standard in CAD programs. Blender is 20 years behind.

[init_pixel (missing_field)]

@Zxen

These are the same settings as Sketchup, which is standard in CAD programs.

Blender is not a CAD program and those are not standard for any DCC package of note.

[Okidoki]

@Zxen

is disgusting

Well… that’s a statement…

You know that you can re-asign the 8,4,2,6 key shortcuts to W,A,S,D ?? I mean you have looked into the manual ? And… different apps sometimes have contrasting behaviour… especilly when used in distinct areas or design for divergent purposes ??

In fact there was a thread about:

Blender 2.8 for SketchUp users

Hi, with Blender 2.8 I will give it another try. I modeled many different things with SketchUp, I think since 2010. I like it’s intuitive way of manipulating the objects. And nearly every time still with precision. Even when I come back to 3D after half a year, I feel very comfortable. I’ve written up some of my mostly used features in SketchUp and compare them to Blender. I think, that Blender is so powerful in specific task, that they have forgotten about some very basics (e.g. move and rota…

…but it seems the interest about this were lost… because particular people are using various apps for diverse reasons… and so they just may further use unsimilar apps …

…maybe Blender is 20 years ahead? IDK…

[MichaelBenDavid (Michael Colina)]

Is stupid to complaint over something that someone can change themselves and then claim it to be “default” because he thinks is the standard or because is right lol…all is arbitrary to the user with blender FTW they can change blender code if they like and customize their shit…

And blender is far superior to SketchUp in most of things, I haven’t used it directly so I can’t tell much about significant workflow differences and uses…

[EDcase]

Hi all,
Does anyone know the old 3dsMax addon Afterburn?
It does thick pyroclastic smoke effects like this with no simulation:

afterburn and 3dsmax - Large scale smoke stock footage

I think Blender should be able to do something similar with volume rendered particles. Maybe using GeoNodes.

The controls it needs are:

• Change colour with life of particle
• Change particle size with time
• There needs to be two noise patterns with variable detail
• Each noise pattern needs to have a ‘Drag’ parameter which varies its inheritance of the particle movement vector. This would produce the rolling effect around each particle.

I’m sure this addon would be HIGHLY sought after so would be a commercial success if it can be replicated.

Let me know if you have any questions.

[Sworly (Sander)]

I’d love a C4D style material manager, especially for large projects.

• see previews of the materials without having to mark them all as assets
• see which ones are used where
• remove or mark unused materials, even with fake user applied
• merge similar materials
• group them in categories
• (check heavy materials, like using complex trees or large textures or displacement)