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Flatline · 14th July 2004, 04:14 AM

Hi, all.
Some wishlist items, sorry if they're repeats (still reading through the posts):

I would find the abitlity to name objects, selection sets and groups very useful. Especially when creating characters or machinery with many pieces.
Selecting by name would be great. That would make creating LODs much easier.

I use the Object properties page constantly and I keep moving it around the screen, out of my way. Is there a way I can display that info in the blank UI space under the MoveTo/SizeTo/etc section easily?

To translate any object/selection to another oject's center, that would very be useful also. I can do that by the MoveTo, and copy info from the objProperty window, but I have to keep reselecting the object and the stack of post-its I'm making with xyz center info is kinda getting out of hand.

The ability to scale/rotate an object about local-, world- centers and to easily toggle between them. Very organic shapes are possible this way and rapidly created.

Displacement mapping from grayscale image to selected mesh. Terrains can be painted and quickly and LODs generated rapidly.

Ok, that's it.

I hope this fits the general idea of the suggestions area.
If there are ways to do these things, I just haven't run accross them in the ui, manual or forum yet--still reading through them all.
Cheers.

14th July 2004, 04:14 AM	#5
Flatline Junior Member Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: North CA, USA Posts: 15	Hi, all. Some wishlist items, sorry if they're repeats (still reading through the posts): I would find the abitlity to name objects, selection sets and groups very useful. Especially when creating characters or machinery with many pieces. Selecting by name would be great. That would make creating LODs much easier. I use the Object properties page constantly and I keep moving it around the screen, out of my way. Is there a way I can display that info in the blank UI space under the MoveTo/SizeTo/etc section easily? To translate any object/selection to another oject's center, that would very be useful also. I can do that by the MoveTo, and copy info from the objProperty window, but I have to keep reselecting the object and the stack of post-its I'm making with xyz center info is kinda getting out of hand. The ability to scale/rotate an object about local-, world- centers and to easily toggle between them. Very organic shapes are possible this way and rapidly created. Displacement mapping from grayscale image to selected mesh. Terrains can be painted and quickly and LODs generated rapidly. Ok, that's it. I hope this fits the general idea of the suggestions area. If there are ways to do these things, I just haven't run accross them in the ui, manual or forum yet--still reading through them all. Cheers.