@John1, Hi John, I’m not sure, if you think I might disagree, then you got me wrong. I fully agree with you, these cases should have a control scheme that works in a in a similar way. And I am fully with you that the direct control proposal fits everywhere and is in all 3 cases straightforward to implement. It’s the best solution for that and implementing it is a must for me. It’s faster in its workflow and it is in a row with almost every other complex 3d app out there.
I have to think of one of brechts arguments in the “workshopping middle mouse emulation” thread.
He wrote here: Workshopping Middle Mouse Emulation
It’s a different topic and to be clear with that, his statement was not meant to relate to this discussion at all and I don’t know what he thinks about this. But that direct control is a defacto standard in so many apps out there. And beside the fact that I think that it’s in this case also the superior solution, its last but not least the expected way to do this. I find that argument very fitting here as well.
Even more, it serves the goal to make blender more mainstream in how its used. That’s benefitial, the more people adopt it, the brighter blenders future is.
But if someone wants to setup the 3dcursor to setup pivot points in edit mode, why not. The 3dcursor is a helper tool, and with a good new gizmo not a bad one, it could do that too, not as fast, but it could. Some people out there will think of that like William and Alberto, and will want to do that with the 3dcursor.
So why not, it just should no longer be mandatory for such usecases.
It could very well be an optional alternative if someone insists on using the 3dcursor for that, or thinks its the better solution in a special usecase.
I don’t see the 3dcursor fit well into the sculpting workflow, so I’d restrict it as it is now edit mode and object mode.
I said it before, the 3dcursor is like what a ruler is for drawing, its a helpful tool. But noone would want to be forced to use it all the time while drawing.
But we all are just repeating ourselves. It’s time to hear what the devs think about this, I still fear we will just get an update with a 3dcursor gizmo and thats it. So please could someone gives us feedback on how its seen by the devs. Otherwise this discussion will endlessly go in circles.