well guys, I think it is useful that I paste the task on precision modeling here, since it is updated, so as to give the opportunity to peek at the milestones to be reached and maybe revive this thread, at least for the moment we enjoy the hope of what it will come
Snapping & precision modeling improvements
Description
Big picture: Improvement of existing features and implementation of new ones for precision modeling.
Use cases :
- Architectural works.
- Interior design.
- Mechanical design.
Design:
- Unified Snapping system for tools.
- More options for controlling the point of origin and the point of destination of a transformation.
Engineer plan:
- Changes concentrated on bf_editor_transform and bf_editor_mesh.
- Implementation of common snapping utilities for gizmos.
Work plan
Milestone 1
Minor changes and improvements.
Time estimate: ?
- Improvement of existing Features.
- T66420: Snap Options: Midpoints and Perpendicular
- T66423: Edit Mesh: Improve ‘AutoMerge’
- T66424: Transform Tools: Perform on a base point
- Translate
- T66422: Transform: Snap to the intersection geometry with the axis constraint
- T66426: Edge and Vertex sliding: snapping improvements
- T73591: Transform: Snap to the visualized cage of the edited mesh
- T66425: Tools suport for extended modes: Knife and Bisect
- T69342: Snapping: Make ‘Absolute Grid Snapping’ a new Snap Mode
- T66427: Snap to Grid in Perspective View performed only at ground level
- Change the current behavior of the incremental snap
- Snapping according to the distance to the snapping point and not to the grid
- Make the incremental value adjustable
- New Features.
- New tool for “drawing” edges on a specific offset
Milestone 2
Big changes.
Time estimate: ?Unknown Milestone
- T70865: Vertex snapping ignores verts belonging to a lattice
- T69209: Snap does not work properly with “Surface” object
- T73031: snap cursor to selected ignores geometry position with modifiers
- D6912: Transform: Add Live Orientation Mode
- Hot mode switch: Ability to switch snap type during using tools via hotkeys
- New ‘Snap With’: Cursor
- Improve interface drawing of the ‘Snap With’ Closest (drawing boundbox)
- Support for snapping to Lattice objects
Branch : tmp-snap-improvements
Implemented in the branch:
- Transform: Snap to the intersection geometry with the axis constraint
- Vertex sliding: snapping improvements
- Tools suport for extended modes: Knife
- Snapping: Make ‘Absolute Grid Snapping’ a new Snap Mode
- Snap to Grid in Perspective View performed only at ground level
- Transform Tools: Perform on a base point