Selection Tool that works like the Eraser?
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Quite simply put, I love the way the Eraser selects objects, for deletion of course. Its so fast to select lots and lots of models and it only selects things in view (unlike a square selection, which will also select hidden stuff 10km distant behind 1000 walls)
So, I wonder if there is a way, or a possibility to make a RUBY where you SELECT (and not delete) geometry and groups and components the same way the Eraser tool works (of course, with the added possibility of holding SHIFT for minus-select, something that doesnt exists on Eraser tool)
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not good enough... if you have too many close by entities that you dont want to select, it does get even more difficult.
what I have is a structure made with Soap Skin and Bubble. Lots of Squares. I want to select edges to use a TUBE ALONG PATH to create solid trelices (trussers? Whatever is the english word
). Clicking one by one is quite time consuming. And using the ERASER + SPACE BAR in that is impossible.Now, in this case, why would an Eraser like Selection Tool be better? Because there is a huge difference between having to click exactly over the line and "passing" the cursor over it to select.
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Run the eraser tool over them like you were going to delete them, then click the spacebar when you've got them selected.
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Just in case this helps, FreeScale implements a slightly different metaphor for multiselection, also based on mouse over.
Just moving the mouse over the model, keeping CTRL depressed, will select the entities the mouse passes on.
I did it this way in order to be able to multi-select entities, even if disjointed; you just release CTRL momentarily when you want to skip entities (whereas the Eraser metaphor would not let you skip entities). Also, you can take a breath anytime you wish, and even deselect selected entities: release CTRL, then mouse over the selected entities with CTRL depressed (with Eraser, you have to unselect all entities by pressing Escape).
in FreeScale, the selection mechanism grabs edges, faces, groups and components. It would be fairly simple to derive a small plugin that only select edges. But of course, this is not an Eraser metaphor.
Fredo
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not trying to get into a semantics battle but Fred used it properly.
@unknownuser said:
depress |diˈpres|
verb [ trans. ]
1 make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected : that first day at school depressed me.
• reduce the level or strength of activity in (something, esp. an economic or biological system) : fear of inflation in America depressed bond markets | alcohol depresses the nervous system.
2 push or pull (something) down into a lower position : depress the lever -
So true!De-pressed could appear to mean Un-pressed.
But in the case of keys on a keyboard, think of it like depression, which is a low spot, mentally sometimes, but also phyiscally. A depression in the ground is a dip, or a shallow hole. So a depressed key is a key that is held down.
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@unknownuser said:
I still think it's confusing
haha yeah.. it's english though..
we drive cars on parkways and park them in driveways.. go figure.. -
Arghhhh! I should have used CTRL "Down", but the semantic debate is highly interesting. In French, anyway, we would have said "enfoncée", since "depressed" would mean, for the poor key, that it's close to a nervous breakdown.
By the way, for those interested, I can easily add a "Select Edges" utlity tool into FreeScale.
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well, I am certainly getting depressed for the lack of the plugin
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@unknownuser said:
@unknownuser said:
2 push or pull (something) down into a lower position : depress the lever
Fair enough. I still think it's confusing that both push and pull use the same term, while in fact they are opposite.
You push things away fromyourself: including pushing them around/along/on/off/in/out/into/towards/through/forward/back[wards]/away/up/down/aside ! [confusingly it's often pushed 'towards' something else but away from yourself - you 'push' a broken down car, a fire-alarm button, your luck in a heated argument and your great ideas to your colleagues]
You pull things towardsyourself: including pulling them around/along/on/off/in/out/into/away-from/through/forward/back[wards]/up/down/aside ! [confusingly it's often pulled 'away from' something else but towards yourself - you 'pull' a sledge up hill, a girl/boy at a party, socks onto your feet and a pint of beer to drink]
That should now be quite clear then...
English is just great ! BUT v_e_r_y confusing - even to Englishmen...Also*"Depression"* means the same in English as in French, BUT unfortunately it also means several other things...
For example:Melancholia
Sadness
Gloom
Dejection
Lowering of effectiveness
Dullness [of trade etc]
A dent or hollow below the general level
Pressing inwards
Economic decline
Low atmospheric pressure
A celestial body's [negative] altitude below the horizon
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@unknownuser said:
... You mean pressed, not depressed right? ...
Press a key = Depress a key
Flammable = InflammableVery, very subtle differences in meaning in these.
You can press a "button" on a touch-screen, but you cannot depress it. It won't move. It's generally common usage to speak of "while pressing the Ctrl key" or "while keeping the Ctrl key depressed" but not "while depressing the Ctrl key".
Something that is flammable will burn, like paper or a cigarette, but something that is inflammable will burst into flame, like a match or gasoline. Sometimes that difference can be crucial, or even fatal.
Yours in English,
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@aceshigh said:
well, I am certainly getting depressed for the lack of the plugin
Maybe this could help you to fill 'un-depressed' (and therefore 'pressed')
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=18916#p155058Fredo
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