Timeline for Is it possible to move parts of a model along the selected normals?
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| Mar 30, 2014 at 15:05 | vote | accept | MarcClintDion | ||
| Oct 20, 2013 at 14:13 | comment | added | wchargin |
@MarcClintDion The Z key isn't really "overloaded to perform a transform along normals operation." Tapping any axis key twice while in a transform (grab, rotate, scale) will use the selected transform orientation instead of the global axis (or Local if the orientation is set to Global as well). There's nothing special about pressing Z twice except that the normal Z axis is what we commonly refer to as the "normal" – but the normal actually defines its own coordinate system.
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| Oct 20, 2013 at 0:00 | comment | added | gandalf3 |
@MarcClintDion I'm not sure what you mean. The X and Y dimensions stay in their positions relative to the Z, the only difference between normal and global coordinates is that the Z is aligned to the selected normal. (this is easiest to visualize by looking at the transform widget, which you can quickly toggle with Ctrl+Space)
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| Oct 19, 2013 at 23:48 | comment | added | MarcClintDion | I just realized after some testing, all the keys do this but I did not understand the behavior with 'x' and 'y', the double tap moves the transform tool to the local coordinate axis. It's the difference between world space and object space but for selected components. | |
| Oct 19, 2013 at 23:40 | comment | added | MarcClintDion | I see what you mean now, the z key is overloaded to perform a transform along normals operation. I was confused when you first said this since I thought that key would only lock or unlock an axis transform. That's one of those hidden gems that are difficult to discover. That's pretty cool. I tested this with the other two keys and did not | |
| Oct 19, 2013 at 23:38 | history | edited | gandalf3 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 19, 2013 at 23:30 | comment | added | gandalf3 | @MarcClintDion it's not necessary (actually I don't use it either ;) ) Just press the key for the desired axis twice instead of once. | |
| Oct 19, 2013 at 23:28 | comment | added | MarcClintDion | Alright that does it, I've always deactivated the transform widget as part of my fresh install configuration routine. I didn't realize that it is necessary for this setting to function. Thanks. | |
| Oct 19, 2013 at 23:26 | history | edited | gandalf3 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 19, 2013 at 23:19 | history | edited | gandalf3 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 19, 2013 at 23:12 | history | answered | gandalf3 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |