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[REQ] Edge/Line from Midpoint

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    Pherim
    last edited by 28 Jul 2016, 12:37

    If there already is such a plugin, I was not able to find it, but I just today thought it would be great to have a line tool that would allow drawing lines from the midpoint - so you start at a point and when drawing the line in one direction from it, it gets simultaneously extended in the exact opposite direction with the same length so that the start point becomes the midpoint.

    Fredo's "Tools on Surface" can do something like this for rectangle edges, but I would like to have it just for lines and, of course, not only on surfaces.

    If there is such a plugin already, please tell me! It seems like such a simple and obvious idea that I'd be surprised if nobody had done it, yet.

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      Rich O Brien Moderator
      last edited by 28 Jul 2016, 13:17

      They only method I know that comes close is to divide an edge an extrude endpoints using Vertex Tools...

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      vertex-extrude.gif

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        Pherim
        last edited by 28 Jul 2016, 14:16

        Thanks, but that is not what I had in mind. I want do start drawing the line from the midpoint, not scale it after it was already drawn.

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          pilou
          last edited by 28 Jul 2016, 17:33

          Draw a line : make a Component (Menu Edit / Make Component)
          Copy it : Rotate the Copy

          Now as soon as you Edit one of the component you have that you want! πŸ˜„

          Another one hyper more simple! πŸ˜„
          Draw a line: then + CTRL πŸ˜„ (you must draw something else for have 2 things to resize) πŸ€“

          For example πŸ’š
          Here I decrease, if you increase you have that you want! πŸ€“

          GIF_size.gif

          Frenchy Pilou
          Is beautiful that please without concept!
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            sdmitch
            last edited by 28 Jul 2016, 19:07

            @pherim said:

            Thanks, but that is not what I had in mind. I want do start drawing the line from the midpoint, not scale it after it was already drawn.

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            Nothing is worthless, it can always be used as a bad example.

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              Pherim
              last edited by 29 Jul 2016, 07:28

              I know plenty of ways to do it in two or more steps, so thank you for your alternative suggestions, but the point of this thread was to ask for a way to do it in a single step.

              Thanks to sdmitch, though, now I have what I wanted. Thanks a lot!

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                JQL
                last edited by 29 Jul 2016, 10:28

                For what I know of the people envolved you already "found" a nice plugin for your uses, but for the sake of the discussion and for annoying Rich and Pilou, why not do it like this:


                Line From Middle.gif

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                  pilou
                  last edited by 29 Jul 2016, 10:50

                  @unknownuser said:

                  Thanks to sdmitch, though, now I have what I wanted. Thanks a lot!

                  We want the same! πŸ˜‰
                  And if possible for curve too if possible! πŸ€“

                  Frenchy Pilou
                  Is beautiful that please without concept!
                  My Little site :)

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