Hi Michael,

is there a kind of feature list of the new command or function you`ll have in V3? (Special interest for somekind of variale fillet and or chamfer command)

By the way, this FLOW thing will be a great addition to Moi.

Keep up the GREAT work.

Thanks

Hi Felix,

> is there a kind of feature list of the new command or function
> you`ll have in V3? (Special interest for somekind of variale fillet
> and or chamfer command)

I don't have a 100% "laid in stone" plan for V3, so there is not anything like specific list of features that will for sure be in there.

I will be trying to get a lot of the stuff that's been requested though, you can see this previous thread for some of the most popular requests:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=3628.1

What actually gets developed depends on a lot of things, like how much work is required, how many people are requesting it, and whether or not a good UI design comes to mind easily or whether it would take a long time to do a good UI design. Some of these things are adaptable, like if a lot of people are running into a problem in one area then something to help with that will grow in priority.

I can tell you that variable radius fillet has been requested quite a lot so I do expect to work on that.

- Michael

""""""You know in french, Moi mean me.""""""""

Yes I've heard that.. They pronounce it "Muwha"..

Michael pronounces it "Mow-eye" like the Rapa Nui Statues..

I say "Moy" because thats how we would say it here.. It also means "sleep" over here...

It's pretty cool how it can fit us all!

Hi Michael,

"to do a good UI design" do you mean the MOI UI or the UI for a specific command?

I thought you where done with the new Moi UI or almost...

It seems you went through the requested features and possibly made up some sort of "ordered" list for yourself. I understand you need to study the feasability of those requests but without saying which you intend to give attention or not, is it possible to just have a simple list of all the request that where made. As it is, we have to go through hundreds of messages to figure out what those request are.

This is just a suggestion and maybe someone would volunteer to do it. Say we have a new thread with such a list (maybe with somekind of vote count next to the request) as the first (editable) post. Then every one could just reply with the "votes" and or make a new request. The maintainer of the request list would only have to update the first post with the new vote count and new request if any. I believe something like this could be useful to you and much simpler for us to follow and be up to date without having to go through hundreds of post.

Thanks again,
Felix

Hi Felix,

> "to do a good UI design" do you mean the MOI UI
> or the UI for a specific command?

I mean the UI for that particular feature - many kinds of features require new UI to be implemented for them, and one big issue is that I want to keep the existing UI to be nice and streamlined and not end up getting a bloated feel by for example throwing in 50 new icons stuck at the top of the window or stuff like that... ;)

So basically any new features that require a lot of UI to control them become quite time consuming to design that UI so that it would fit in well with the existing stuff in MoI.


> It seems you went through the requested features and
> possibly made up some sort of "ordered" list for yourself.

Sort of, but that "ordering" is pretty vague and subject to change just depending on new information and new ideas.

So I don't really want to codify it like you're kind of asking about because then it would appear to people that there was some kind of definite plan for it all when that's not really the case.


> Say we have a new thread with such a list (maybe with
> somekind of vote count next to the request) as the first (editable) post.

There is something kind of like that already with the wishlist on the wiki here:
http://moi3d.com/wiki/wishlist


> I believe something like this could be useful to you
> and much simpler for us to follow and be up to date
> without having to go through hundreds of post.

The 100s of posts are actually much more valuable feedback for me because they are much more organic and can contain little details here and there that may spark a good idea.

As it becomes more structured and organized and "sterilized" like you're asking about some kinds of things are a bit lost in that process.

So there's a few reasons that I prefer the more direct individual feedback rather than just a "yes" or "no" vote type system.

For any one particular person, the most important thing you can do is to just provide your top 5 features that are important to you in that thread - don't worry so much about what everyone else is asking for or what is in those 100s of other messages - if you just post what you are interested in yourself that is the best information that you can give from my standpoint...

- Michael

All right - I seem to have the underlying mechanics all sorted out for Flow now.

Still have to hook up the UI and options and stuff like that. Maybe 1st v3 beta sometime tomorrow.

- Michael

:D

(that's my face)

Good news! Exciting!!
Thanks Michael.
cheers
eric

What you've shown so far looks really interesting Michael. Looking forward to trying it :)

I'm not starting the challenge this time.. The Aussie's always take it anyway!!! :o (Surely I'll be in the running though)

Danny going for 3 peat champ???

(Did that sound like I threw the checkerboard and quit???? lol)

Just working on some final orientation stuff for flow, like click near matching ends to control which direction it will go in.

- Michael

Hey Burr,

> Danny going for 3 peat champ???

Maybe not this time I've been out of the loop lately, busy with other stuff but still using MoI a lot though :) and don't throw the checkerboard it's brand new ;)

BTW, me and the family were at that exact Aquarium when I was over in Hawaii and I've got the same photo for the same reason, my girls still stir me up about it, every time it comes up they call me nurd :)

Cheers

All right, I'm kind of tired of messing with it at the moment so I guess it's good enough to release as-is for now.

Making a build right now...

- Michael

Hahaha Danny, thats funny... Wait a minute... nurds-nurds-nurds....Nurds-NURDS-NURDS-NURDS-NURDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is a special exhibit there right now with rare stuff found only in the northwestern pacific islands... Very cool...

Dont let me distract though... Michaels making a build as we type!!!

Uh oh, looks like something may be gummed up in the installer.

One more kink to work out before it will be ready...

Patience is a real vertue :)

Hmmmm...



Frenchy... In the running.

All right - got that fixed up. Now making another build.

What a suspence! :)
Funny of this thing: you are not on the same time zone than european world! ;)
You must be haggard :)

Just finished playing hockey for 3 hours with kids... I feel like 2 bucks... May have to thow in the towel and just look in on it tommorow...