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Auto sweep... - Dimitri - 08-16-2016
Looking at the ways someone can produce 'ropes' in Polybrush I did think that such a thing can be implemented, maybe, in Wings too. It seems that it is something that does not contradict the strict 'box modelling' principles of Wings' structure. The rope (or brush stroke) like objects in Polybrush are not produced by sweeping along a curve... they are produced by a series of extrusions, somehow, following the moves of the mouse cursor... that's to say with a process that is like that of sweeps and extrusions in Wings.
So, is it not possible to program a sweep kind that will progress by following the mouse cursor and creating, consecutively, extrusions of a given segment distance between them?
Let make it more clear: imagine that we have a cylinder in the scene... we do select its top cap face... click to an 'auto sweep' command... there opens a dialogue: we do put in it the distance amount between the segments and click 'ok'... then we do move the cursor towards wherever we want and, there, appears a 'rope' following the cursor's moves, constituted from newly appearing segments all along the cursor's moves...
Said in another way: a 3D line drawing tool in Wings... : - )
What do you say? Share your thoughts...
RE: Auto sweep... - oort - 08-16-2016
Just saw this after posting in the other thread...
Neat idea,
oort
RE: Auto sweep... - Dimitri - 08-17-2016
Yes, I think it is a good idea. Besides, I think that some other ideas that Polybrush has can apply to Wings too. The multi-symmetry, for example. Despite my not having any knowledge regarding programming matters, I suppose that given that there is already a way of working in simple symmetry mode in Wings, implementing such a thing would not be a very difficult task.
In fact, making Wings a 3D drawing app too do not seem a so difficult task. The app's working principles do not inhibit such a thing. It seems that it is just a matter of desire and passion in the side of our programmers here. : - )
RE: Auto sweep... - oort - 08-17-2016
I am sure the programmers have the passion and desire. What they do not have is enough free time to take on the task...
We need more programmers...oort
RE: Auto sweep... - Dimitri - 08-17-2016
Agree... : - )