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RnDr FOX

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A few suggestions
« on: December 30, 2008, 01:06:02 am »

Well like I have said before on stuff like this, I don't know if people have already asked this before or how hard it is to implement but here are a few suggestions.
Also I am not sure if anim8or already has these features so if it does please inform me and I will delete the suggestion.
He we go.

- The ability to see through objects in object mode like in the perspective view. (An example would be if you modeled a house and you wanted to see the furniture inside)

- The ability to change the size of screens (If you are using two screens you can make one bigger that the other)

- When changing the view of the second screen it will not go back to one screen and will stay at two or more

- A select/deselect all key

- A key that gives you the ability to zoom out enough to view all of the objects in the work area

- (And here is my wild request ;D) In anim8or there is object mode, figure mode, and scene mode, but what about a script mode. In script mode you will be able     to write ASL and compile and check for errors, and normal scripting stuff (I guess it's like jcreator, netbeans, and Dev-C++)

Thanks for taking my suggestions into consideration, hope you like some of them ;)
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Re: A few suggestions
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2008, 01:46:29 am »

1. Not sure what you mean. You can set semi-transparent materials or just use the wireframe mode.
3. I think this is more a bug than anything else...View->All and 1+3 Views allows you to change the views of each view but not any other.
4. Ctrl+A to select all, just select a blank area in the workspace to deselect all
5. f to frame all or F to frame selected. Also is in the View menu.
6. Go to Scripts->Edit Script File... I imagine Steve will eventually work on this and more debugging features in the future.
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Re: A few suggestions
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2008, 02:05:46 am »

But how about deselecting.as in when you frame or zoom  an object alot to modify it better it is a bit difficult to deselect a point/edge/face without resetting the view.any ideas.by th way zooming is middle mouse button with the enviroment rotate on-Ctrl+R.For those who didn't knw.
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Re: A few suggestions
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2008, 04:46:04 am »

Quote from: Boywonda1
But how about deselecting.as in when you frame or zoom  an object alot to modify it better it is a bit difficult to deselect a point/edge/face without resetting the view.any ideas.by th way zooming is middle mouse button with the enviroment rotate on-Ctrl+R.For those who didn't knw.

I don't really understand what you mean... If you want to deselect an individual face/edge/point, you can use the middle mouse button.
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Re: A few suggestions
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2008, 05:31:45 am »

Oh ok then that's the solution to my problem.Thanks.but just in case i mean when you zoom in really close to an object then it 'hides' the environment.e.g. a cube
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Re: A few suggestions
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2008, 07:46:40 am »

Just use point select and click on a face. This way you won't select anything since there is on point in the middle of a face.