[Plugin] SketchyFFD (mind.sight.studios)

TutorialsUp

Very Good News it's one of my favorite Extension and always enjoy it whenever I used it in my Tutorials

Features request

Gizmo for controlling points.
Ability to deform multiple groups ( Something Like This )
Preserve UV textures
Maintain quad face and auto smooth quads

Thanks

mindsightstudios

@tutorialsup said:

Features request

Gizmo for controlling points.

Thanks for the requests! What do you mean by Gizmo for controlling points? What would like the gizmo to do?

cotty

Great news, Dale!

GD3Design

Hey Dale,
That is great news. Very interested to see what you can do to improve FFD. I've posted gizmos from other programs. 3ds max has a different gizmo for each transform - move, rotate & scale. Blender also, but they also have a combined gizmo if you choose to use it. You can easily move, rotate & scale without switching modes/commands. In sketchup, Thom has implemented a gizmo in Vertex tools that is also a combined gizmo for moving vertices.
I agree that a gizmo would be very handy to have in FFD. One thing I miss from 3ds max when using sketchyFFD is the ability to select two control points and scale them as a means of moving them equal distances toward or away from each other. If you aren't familiar with that or it isn't making sense, I could post a gif.

Cheers,
GD

Blender all-in-one gizmo

3ds Max gizmos

Vertex Tools Gizmo

mindsightstudios

@gd3design said:

I agree that a gizmo would be very handy to have in FFD. One thing I miss from 3ds max when using sketchyFFD is the ability to select two control points and scale them as a means of moving them equal distances toward or away from each other.

Thanks the great feedback! Rather than using gizmos, I like to utilize move, rotate and scale in a more 'SketchUp' way. Some people prefer gizmos though - I suppose it might be related to which apps you used prior to discovering SketchUp.

rv1974

To scale 2 points in 'Sketchup way' means fail I hope you won't copy SU behavior fully

pilou

The Gizmo of this incredible new free modeler : MagicaCSG

mindsightstudios

@rv1974 said:

To scale 2 points in 'Sketchup way' means fail I hope you won't copy SU behavior fully

haha! don't worry - we've got you covered

lab971mail

So I tried downloading this plugin "slicer" or as after downloading it says "sketchyFFD", but for some reason it is not appearing anywhere. But shows "installed" in Extension Manager.

Rich O Brien

Its a context-menu entry so you only see it when your selection is correct and you right click.

Louis Moens

Hey Dale,
I've got a little problem using FFD. After selecting the group and choosing one of the three FFD options, the control points do not appear. Any idea of what that might be ? Maybe just a display issue...
Thank you in advance,
Louis M.

Himbeertoni

Hello ! by hardware restrictions i have i like to ask if this plug-in exist somewhere in a version for su2016 x86 ?
thank you

cgmbook

@Louis-Moens Hey, i have the same problem have you found the solution to view the control points ?

badvendetta

@lab971mail same problem, can you find where is it?