NEW 2.0 FEATURE: Tool improvements

[Tim Wesoly]

One big part of the 2.0 development is to make the tools even better. I listened very carefully to what you forum users told me from your experiences with the tools. So here's a list of what's coming:

- 6 new tools are planned (Brush, Line, Resize, Extrude, Pile Up, Zoom)
- 2 tools are dropped (Add, Fill Hollow) their features will be added to other tools
- Every tool gets tool options (e.g. the new brush has a select mode). Those tool options can be set via the tool options bar placed on top of the workarea (where the display options have been)
- Pencil, Brush, Eraser, Select, Rectangle and Line will work in matrix mode like in slice mode (auto slice picking and mouse dragging enabled!)
- The Resize and Extrude modifiers will get their own tools
- all tools are accessible in model-mode, so if you selet the paint tool in model mode and click on a matrix this matrix will be automatically opened in matrix mode.
- Hitting ENTER to attach cubes won't be needed any more

[blarg]

Wow, that sounds promising- Also extra-yay for mouse-dragging!

[Pilou]

What a productivity!
Hunting bugs will be open in no time!

[Tim Wesoly]

First tool complete: The Brush

The brush can only paint cubes but not create new ones.

Tool options:
- Select Mode: select and deselect cubes instead of painting
- Next Slices: Paints/selects all cubes in viewing direction


This is the first tool I implemented the mouse dragging in matrix mode for. This is T O T A L L Y A W E S O M E!!!
I guess I could completely drop the slice mode now. It's even faster than the slice mode. Amazing.

[Pilou]

We are waiting with anxiously!

[Tim Wesoly]

Next tool complete: Eraser

Erases cubes.

Tool options:
- Next Slices: erases all cubes in viewing direction

[Tim Wesoly]

Next tool complete: Pencil

The pencil paints/adds cubes. The difference to the brush is you can draw cubes in matrix mode in free space (drag enabled).

Workflow in matrix mode:
Start to click on an already visible cube. Depending on the side of the cube you clicked on the slice to draw on is automatically seleted. So by dragging the mouse you can add cubes on that slice.

You can also click on the bounding box to add cubes. So now you can finally start with an empty matrix and sculpt your model completely in matrix mode. The slice mode is no longer needed.

Tool options:
- Add on top. Adds cubes on top of the clicked cube's slice - depending on the viewing direction.

[Pilou]

Wait and see

[Tim Wesoly]

Next tool complete: Resize Tool

Resizes a matrix' bounding box via a gizmo. So now you will only need the resize modifier when you want to precisely enter values. Saves plenty of time.
Works in model-mode as well as in matrix-mode.
Sweet.

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[Tim Wesoly]

Next tool complete: Eyedropper

The eyedropper picks a fore/background color. Holding SHIFT adds the picked color to the color map.

What's new to this tool: you can now pick colors in model mode too.