reduce the awkwardness of subdivision modelling

[Kaare Baekgaard]

I have worked quite a lot with subdivisions, and yet I often feel disoriented and annoyed, when I interact with the tool set.

 

I find, that there are only two reasons for this:

 

1. When instinctively  use the Flyover Tool and the Translate Tool to get a better angle,  I exit the Edit Subdivision mode. Now I have to reactivate it in order to progress. This is a stop that breaks the flow. The boomerang mode is no fix – we all know it only works half the time. So I wish for you to make it so, that I can use the Flyover Tool and the Translate Tool from within the Edit Subdivision mode. This would be a huge boost to my productivity.

 

2. Every other time I wish to edit a subdivision, I hit the Reshape Tool instead of the Edit Subdivision tool. This has been going on for years now – and still I instinctively do this. And why wouldn't I? Logic dictates that I should be able to do this. Disappointingly, the Reshape Tool has no function whatsoever with subdivisions – except as a decoy. Please make it so, that the reshape tool will in the future activate the Edit Subdivision mode.

 

Thanks.

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4 hours ago, Kaare Baekgaard said:

2. Every other time I wish to edit a subdivision, I hit the Reshape Tool instead of the Edit Subdivision tool. This has been going on for years now – and still I instinctively do this. And why wouldn't I? Logic dictates that I should be able to do this. Disappointingly, the Reshape Tool has no function whatsoever with subdivisions – except as a decoy. Please make it so, that the reshape tool will in the future activate the Edit Subdivision mode.

 

The not-consistent-with-other-tools behaviour of the Subd tool was discussed here recently too.

 

 

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4 hours ago, Kaare Baekgaard said:

1. When instinctively  use the Flyover Tool and the Translate Tool to get a better angle,  I exit the Edit Subdivision mode. Now I have to reactivate it in order to progress. This is a stop that breaks the flow.

 

I don't have this problem. But I think it's because I use a 3dconnexion spacemouse for 3d navigation. That temporarily invokes a flyover mode/tool whenever I use it. But it doesn't force me to exit the edit subdivision mode.

[Neil Barman]

On 12/14/2023 at 1:36 AM, Kaare Baekgaard said:

2. Every other time I wish to edit a subdivision, I hit the Reshape Tool instead of the Edit Subdivision tool. This has been going on for years now – and still I instinctively do this. And why wouldn't I? Logic dictates that I should be able to do this. Disappointingly, the Reshape Tool has no function whatsoever with subdivisions – except as a decoy. Please make it so, that the reshape tool will in the future activate the Edit Subdivision mode.

Might I be able to suggest that, for the time being, you double-click the Subdivision object when you would like to edit it? That will activate the Edit Subdivision tool. It may even turn out to be quicker than moving your mouse over to the Reshape tool or reaching for that tool’s keyboard shortcut.