Just a idea how I see the grouping, the main downside is that it will only work on the 2D viewport, like the gizmo box.

1) Select a couple of objects




2) Hit the group key, a little request box appear with a default name.


3) The little blue sphere allow to quicky choose a color


4) Done.


Of course, there are a lot of questions allready, like what appends if I hit the group key when I'm in a full 3D view ... well ... I don't know :)
Just like the idea to manage groups visually in the viewport.

Hi PaQ, cool idea!

My main question would be, do you find yourself needing to create groups and change their colors on an extremely frequent basis?

I would probably reserve that kind of specialized in-viewport type display for something that would need to be used very frequently.

If it is something that you are going to use only once every 10 minutes or so, then it doesn't have as much of a payoff to make a super optimized "at your fingertips" type mechanism for it instead of something that may take an extra couple of seconds, like going off to the side instead of the UI for it being directly in the viewport...

- Michael

Hi Michael,

>>My main question would be, do you find yourself needing to create groups and change their colors on an extremely frequent basis?

>>I would probably reserve that kind of specialized in-viewport type display for something that would need to be used very frequently.

>>If it is something that you are going to use only once every 10 minutes or so, then it doesn't have as much of a payoff to make a super optimized "at your fingertips" type >>mechanism for it instead of something that may take an extra couple of seconds, like going off to the side instead of the UI for it being directly in the viewport...

I do agree, haven't really put the frequency into the equation :) ...