Can I align the handles of a selected polygon to the normal? i only see Object, World and View options. The “start orientation picking” Is not the solution because i need to align from the center of the selected polygon, not from adyacents edges.
I cant find the way to do this!
Thanks you in advance, and sorry my english.
Align handles to normal
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What if you want to rotate about the individual poly normal? What if you want to scale edges by just changing their length?
I just started a model in Wings3D and it just reminded me how much many ‘complete’ 3d packages still lag behind it in terms of modeling. Not a stab at Houdini, all of the packages are not there yet. Check out this for example:
http://www.3dm3.com/tutorials/knight_modeling/ [3dm3.com]
I just started a model in Wings3D and it just reminded me how much many ‘complete’ 3d packages still lag behind it in terms of modeling. Not a stab at Houdini, all of the packages are not there yet. Check out this for example:
http://www.3dm3.com/tutorials/knight_modeling/ [3dm3.com]
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sadly the only way to do this is as suggested with orient picking. Pick 3 points in the poly and the handle will align with the normal.
Wouldn't it be great if you could just work in a mode where this happen auto magically.
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Well, it is not exactly aligning the transform handle but if you want to move components along the normal while being in Edit-SOP then choose “Toggle Peak Handle” from the right-click menu in the viewport.
Thanks a lot but…
Both methods doesnt align the handle to the CENTER of the polygon (NORMAL), i put this as a feature request.
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Actually there is a way to align the handle though not fast in any way so perhaps this could be automated through some python scripting. Here goes…
1. Set Construction Plane , Orientation Picking. Pick two edges from the polygon you want the CPlane aligned to.
2. Select the polygon that you want to Edit.
3. Hit the ( ‘ ) key to go into pivot mode.
4. Right-Click on the handle then choose Align Handle > CPlane Axes. The pivot should now be oriented in the CPlane Normal and in the middle of the currently selected polygon.
5. Hit the ( ‘ ) key again to go back into normal translate handle. Voila!
Didn’t toggle handle-geometry detachment used to be in the right click menu?
1. Set Construction Plane , Orientation Picking. Pick two edges from the polygon you want the CPlane aligned to.
2. Select the polygon that you want to Edit.
3. Hit the ( ‘ ) key to go into pivot mode.
4. Right-Click on the handle then choose Align Handle > CPlane Axes. The pivot should now be oriented in the CPlane Normal and in the middle of the currently selected polygon.
5. Hit the ( ‘ ) key again to go back into normal translate handle. Voila!
Didn’t toggle handle-geometry detachment used to be in the right click menu?
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