[Plugin] Free Rotate 4.4

d12dozr

I just wanted to say thanks for this little gem, TIG...I just used it for the first time, and it works like a charm

halroach

I think the initial pivot point should be one of two:

If the idea is to 'select geometry' => run plugin => pivot point and direction automatically selected - it should use the original component's axis point along with the blue orientation.

Hi Tig,
Is there any chance you could add a toggle, to select the original component's axis point, along with the blue direction, as a point and direction of rotation. ?

It would be really useful for pointing a bunch of similar components to this or that point, with out the need to select the first two points for each component rotation.

TIG

Here's an explanatory movie kindly made by Rich O'Brien [rclub24] - one of the first in a series of plugin tutorials that he plans to make. Many thanks
[flash=640,385:2f3p28cc]http://www.youtube.com/v/nEIDUquYUW0[/flash:2f3p28cc]
This is a quick overview - so please note that as well as snapping to the 'gizmos' you can also snap to 'anything else' in the model to set the rotation/alignment, and in the Axial mode you can also type in a -/+ Angle in degrees too...

glro

@tig said:

A completely updated version of the tool [for v7 & v8]...
[list]
(c) TIG 2010-2011
..
FreeRotate.rb >>> Plugins Folder

nice tool

but the globe is not always necessary, for example when trying to settle the rotation by inferencing an existing objet in the model

In that case, the globe doesn't help, and even makes things more difficult

would there be a way to de activate it?

TIG

To change the size of the tool's gizmo-globe, which defaults per session to x1.5 the size of the selection's max bounds, you can type into the Ruby Console
$freerotategloberadius=0.1 or another value to make it small [or gigantic] - it can also be 0, when it reverts to a guide-point only...

Rich O Brien

That's a great suggestion

glro

@tig said:

To change the size of the tool's gizmo-globe, which defaults per session to x1.5 the size of the selection's max bounds, you can type into the Ruby Console
$freerotategloberadius=0.1 or another value to make it small [or gigantic] - it can also be 0, when it reverts to a guide-point only...

Thank you, it helped me a lot

i added some code your "def initialize()":

def initialize()
    @ip=nil
    @ip1=nil
    @ipp=nil
    @iph=nil
#$freerotategloberadius = 1.5
@freerotategloberadius = 1.5
prompts = ["globe radius; "]
@freerotategloberadius = "0.1|0.2|0.3|0.4|0.5|0.6|0.7|0.8|0.9|1.0|1.1|1.2|1.3|1.4|1.5" unless @freerotategloberadius
defauts = [@freerotategloberadius]
list = ["0.1|0.2|0.3|0.4|0.5|0.6|0.7|0.8|0.9|1.0|1.1|1.2|1.3|1.4|1.5"]
results = UI.inputbox prompts, defauts, list, "ratio radius/selection's max size"
return if ! results
#results is an array
freerotategloberadius = results[0]
freerotategloberadius = freerotategloberadius.to_f
$freerotategloberadius = freerotategloberadius
#$freerotategloberadius=1.5 if not $freerotategloberadius

end

So a box appears to type the ratio in

there is still a problem: unwanted rotation along the axis; Depending upon which point of the globe is inferenced, a rotation along the axis occurs or not

This can be corrected immediatly by tiping "tab" to show the disk

But it takes a long time for the disk to appear (strange...), and it is not easy; do you have an explanation why the component turns around its axis when free rotated?

starting position of the component