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i'd like an option so that the popup dialogs that come up a lot in blender are not so quick to disappear.

a lot of times, i just move my mouse around because i'm working and because the cursor is now beyond the border of the dialog, it disappears!

i have to sometimes activate a command again and again because the cursor drifts off and it makes blender feel "flakey".

i don't want executing commands to be like a game where i have to make just the right moves....

give me the option to have a dismiss 'x' button or even better, make it stay up until i select a valid option or 'cancel'.



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This would also allow us to gauge the actual popularity of an idea better.

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- Image
- Mesh
- Object
- Scene
- Text
- World

I think the option to import a layer is good. Many times I need to import all the objects, but select one by one take so long.

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A lot of Blender->RM Shader support has already been spearheaded with RIBmosaic. I'd like to see RM more tightly integrated along side Blender Render and Yafray.

The more options the better, and the fastest way to create those options would be Renderman integration.

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I bet some people would be against this, so adding it as an option under settings might be a good idea. For python, perhaps the ability to make an area go full-screen before executing a script and then having the areas restored afterwards?

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Of course it should can be combined with Batch Rendering feature.

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it doesn't seem like this would be hard to add (but i have no clue about the ik code)? just solve the IK and if the IK target isn't positioned on the bone anymore after the mouse button gets released then set its position back to the bone? it should be an option.

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the new "limit distance" contraint is very overcomplicated for this purpose. you need a helper bone to prevent cyclic dependency problems and it's very fiddly to set the right distance.

why not have a simple checkbox in the IK solver constraint for enabling a snap back like described?

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continuously having to readjust the view and restarting the transformation can be a bit annoying if you want to move something rather far (or if you do fine movement with shift) for example.

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Would it be possible to directly access to this from the particles panel, via an "IM:" selector in the "visualization" tab ?

By the way, this new system is a real improvement. Thanks to the developers !

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I would like to propose the creation of Dupli Modifier. This might help to move it from Anim Setting tab to the modifier stack, which I think is a better place for Dupli-things, used mainly as modelling tool. But still the main improvement would be adding more control and variation to the result.

Firstly, the basic function should remain the same. The "Track" and "Up" buttons should be copied, and if only one object will be duplicated, it will work like Duplis we know now.

Secondly, the user will be able to duplicate multiple objects. The total number of duplicates will be based on number of vertices/faces the parent object (the one that has the modifier assigned) has. The number of objects should not be limited, so they will be listed in a list (the "Objects" column). The distribution of them will be random, user only specifies the probability (or percentage) that the object will appear. For more objects, this percentage could be probably adjusted by Blender, so the sum of all percentages is always 100, or leave it free to have some vertices/faces blank. For each object, rotation variation could be defined and also the Tracking and Up axis. Either constant ("Const" button, having it on would equal current behaviour when the objects aren't rotated, turning it on would rotate duplicated objects according to normal) or random ("Random" button, making is useful to duplicate objects that could be rotated, e.g. rocks) might be possible. This is per object setting, so it could be possible to have one type of object uniformly rotated and another randomly. The small blank button next to object name is selector, to distinguish between object settings when more objects were added.

Thirdly, the modifier should enable mixing duplicated objects with different materials. The number of objects should be independent. It is possible to try to duplicate object with multimaterial assigned, so an option to preserve assigned material for object might be handy (the "Mat" button).

The "Seed" field is for distribution and random rotations. The "Make Real" button will determine the result of modifier. After applying this modifier, the user might get different results. If "Make Real" was not pressed, it will generate a new single mesh with correctly assigned materials and (possibly) vertex groups based on duplicated objects. If the "Make Real" was pressed, then the result should be linked separate objects, each with correct material (this could need changing the assignment of material to object rather than mesh) and local rotation.

Possible problems: Current limit for multimaterials is 16, which might be very limiting for this modifier. Instancing might be also problem.

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This would be used like "sculpt" while keeping a small number of faces.

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A mock up of a greatly expanded Python Scripts Menu to better reflect tools & their categories.
To provide Blender users with a more defined list of functions callable via python.
my comments.
These Categories can easily be filled with existing scripts & functions.
As Blender gains more functions, more consistent definition of functions is needed.
With many scripts falling into similar categories it can be confusing to find the right tool for the job.
Many current bundled scripts are in probably the wrong category.
If defined better than my mock up, other functions could be called from these menus also.
So it could serve as a proxy or test Blender Function menu also.
Additions, Subtractions, Comments, Ideas, are all most welcome.
thanks,
Brendon.

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Example: (the first comment)
http://www.blenderstorm.org/qapoll/ideas/idea/59/

I would suggest adding a button to report these spam comments.

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Maya does an excellent job on that (Direct Connect is awesome!)

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Now I suggest applying this behaviour to edges/vertices as well. I'm pretty sure this has come up elsewhere already, but I really can't find it.

Also: Using the individual normal of each face/edge/vertex for extruding can only improve modelling.

Related ideas:
Scale individual centers for separate regions
http://www.blenderstorm.org/qapoll/ideas/idea/277/

Offset Tool (and modifier)
http://www.blenderstorm.org/qapoll/ideas/idea/273/

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