Real world tools for working in 3d views

[Kevin McAllister]

I really wish there were proper tools to design interactively in 3d. They would include:

- the ability to move a 3d object by dragging without it turning into a meaningless bounding box.

- a real 3d gumball (grabber) style tool with the ability to move / rotate and scale along the x,y,z or a combination there-of. Something that you can shift to different snap points on an object rather than just being fixed at the centre of the bounding box. Something that can orient to the object or orient to the world axes. The current methods of rotating objects in 3d are abysmal compared to other software.

These tools are so necessary for modelling or placing things in an intuitive way in a 3d view.

Kevin

[Judy Cosgrove]

Andy are you coming the the VW use group meeting 2PM on Saturday at the ADG? Hope to see you there.

 

[Andy Broomell]

@Judy Cosgrove Unfortunately no; I'll be in a VR class at LAAFA tomorrow.

 

But tell everyone at the meeting to upvote this topic - I'm sure that'd make @Kevin McAllister happy  😉

 

(I sadly can't make the October meeting either as I'll be in an airplane over the Atlantic Ocean that day. Hopefully November!)

 

[milezee]

@Kevin McAllister @Andy Broomell @Wes Gardner

Not sure about you guys, but I'm still scratching my head why Vectorworks 2020 still doesn't have a Gumball style widget for some basic move, rescale, rotate, resize options , such a simple thing that aids efficient workflow massively in any CAD software, am I/we just hoping for something that is not even on the radar ?? Links below to other discussions and one from another software developer who are really utilising this tool (just a basic Gumball in VW would be a start)

 

https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/topic/60427-gumball-style-manipulation/&tab=comments#comment-301963

 

 

[ford519]

Has this been developed yet? 

[cavan.smith]

Can we please get this sort of tool for 3d modelling.. anymore news on this front? please !

[blanger]

 I've been thinking I just don't know how to move 3D objects easily in vwx. It's really disappointing to see it's not just me that has difficulty and has to switch views constantly to accomplish simple moves.

[blanger]

@PVA - Admin Is there any update on this tools development? Thanks!

[rDesign]

@blanger - just FYI, @PVA - Admin no longer works at Vw, not for a couple of years now.
 

Your query may get better response from one of the other current Vw employees / Forum Admin like @JuanP.

[blanger]

23 hours ago, blanger said:

@PVA - Admin Is there any update on this tools development? Thanks!

@JuanP redirecting this question to you. Thanks!

[Jim Smith]

May I add to this thread a 3D dimension tool that may be used in the Annotation Layer rather than the Design Layer?

[line-weight]

7 years now.

[ReeceMcK]

8 years. This would make life so much easier. Please. 

[jcogdell]

The 3D dragger (Gumball) can be accessed by activating the tranform mode of the selection tool.

It was first added in 2023 for NURBS editing and then with the launch of 2024 to the selection tool.

[ReeceMcK]

On 8/16/2024 at 4:42 AM, jcogdell said:

The 3D dragger (Gumball) can be accessed by activating the tranform mode of the selection tool.

It was first added in 2023 for NURBS editing and then with the launch of 2024 to the selection tool.

 

Oh great thank you I will look for that!