Minor request: identifying axes in 3D Preview

[L_Rob]

Hi Arno,

A minor request; would it be possible for you to somehow identify the axes in the 3D Preview? Perhaps colored, or labeled x, y, z?

I've figured out that in Sketchup, solid green is 'go' for an AI object, and when the object is opened in MCX, it will be headed away from the camera. But once I start twirling things around, I loose track of which way is which.

Your fix for transparenies in a recent development release is great by the way!

Thanks so much,

Larry

 

[arno]

Hi Larry,

I think that feature is somewhere on the wishlist already, let me give it a bump .

 

[robystar]

Adding an arrow perhaps, just as with the attached objects?

 

[arno]

Yes, should be similar to the axes already shown for the attached objects. The only thing I need to look at is to have them always display in the corner of the preview window, even if you pan.

 

[L_Rob]

Adding an arrow perhaps, just as with the attached objects?

Yes, being able to see which way is positive, and which negative would most useful to make sure the object does not go backwards. Sketchup shows this by making the positive direction solid, and negative dashed. Or an arrow would work. I'm assuming that a right handed coordinate system is common to all the different applications.

 

[arno]

Yes, being able to see which way is positive, and which negative would most useful to make sure the object does not go backwards. Sketchup shows this by making the positive direction solid, and negative dashed. Or an arrow would work.

For the attachpoints I am showing a line in the positive direction only. So that should give a good idea. I plan to do the same for the normal axes.

I'm assuming that a right handed coordinate system is common to all the different applications.

Well, FS uses a left handed system internally, so it is not always common. But for modelling tools I think it is.