Week of July 19th - 25th
This week I almost solely worked on multi-object edit mode support for the knife tool. It proved more challenging than I initially expected and I spent a lot of time trying various ideas for implementing it. In the end, I found a solution I was happy with and have committed it to the soc-2021-knife-tools branch.
Notes
- Multi-Object Edit Mode
- Added support to the Knife Tool
- Cuts can be made on all object’s while using the knife tool in multi-object edit mode
- A cut which starts on a given object can only cut/interact with that object’s mesh
- A cut which starts in space can only cut/interact with the object that was last hovered by the mouse before starting the cut
- I feel it would be better to be based on the nearest object to the mouse while cutting, but a short attempt at implementing this showed it would take large changes to make work
Next week I am going to add multi-object edit mode support to the knife project tool and an edge removal mode for the knife tool.
Media
Cuts starting in space work on last object hovered:
When two objects intersect the object to cut is based on the nearest mesh edge to the cut start:
