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From: Mindset (IGNITER)
8 Jun 2021   [#20]
Hello Michael,

I know that it's been discussed, well, so...
Just wondering, might a file system preview (thumbnail) be plausible for V5?

Big fan; Love your work,
MindSet
From: Michael Gibson
8 Jun 2021   [#21] In reply to [#20]
Hi MindSet,

re:
> Just wondering, might a file system preview (thumbnail) be plausible for V5?

There's a decent possibility for that. The main pieces to make it work are implementing system plugins for Windows and Mac file managers.

- Michael
From: Mindset (IGNITER)
23 Sep 2021   [#22]
Maybe? ....

Have a "Like Button" for discussion posts.

TNX
MindSet
From: Phiro
25 Sep 2021   [#23]
Hi Michael,

I don't know if this request has been already done.
Is it possible to have the number of points of a curve in the curve properties of the Object properties when you show the details.

It is possible to have this informations with a sequence : - Show Points - Selection of the points of the curves - Details
But perhaps could you add this information in details of the Curve object.

Thanks
From: Death
25 Sep 2021   [#24] In reply to [#19]
Regarding the print out questions:

There is so much software out there for printing, why turn MOI into a version of PrintShop?

Try this search on google: poster printing software, PrintShop, printing programs, etc...

That should do it.
From: Przemas
29 Sep 2021   [#25]
Selection priority setting would be welcome or a pop-up asking which object should be selected (aka Rhino).

Quite often after creating the object from curves I want to do some operations using edges. And as I have curves in the same area I have to hide curves first. This quickly gets annoying.
In Rhino we get a little pop-up when there are multiple objects in the same place so the user can pick the desired one. That, or some setting which would allow you to define priority (for example edges over curves) would be great.
From: Michael Gibson
29 Sep 2021   [#26] In reply to [#25]
Hi Przemas, it was actually a high priority during Moi's initial design phase to not have the object selection popup that I set up in Rhino, because it is so distracting popping up in your face all the time.

Moi does basically the opposite of that by showing you selection feedback while you are moving your mouse around so you can see what is going to be selected when you click. But the main area where this falls short is when there are curves right over top of edges like you mention. I would like to figure out some kind of pop up for this particular situation but I have not been able to come up with a good design for it as of yet.

- Michael
From: Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
29 Sep 2021   [#27]
SVG format ? For this fun free Snap online from Berkeley! https://snap.berkeley.edu/snap
Works like a charm but here i must convert it! :)
(ps Jens Mönig is the creator of Snap)




From: Przemas
2 Oct 2021   [#28] In reply to [#26]
@Michael: For me a simple setting where you would be able to set a selection priority would suffice. As you already noticed it becomes a hassle only in a certain type of scenarios, for example when extruding.
From: moritzbock (MORITZ)
2 Oct 2021   [#29]
Image size adjustment with values

Hi Michael, would it be possible to include resizing for background images based on values to be entered (see example photo)? Scaling with the mouse is too inaccurate.
-moritz

Image Attachments:
PictureScale.png 


From: Michael Gibson
3 Oct 2021   [#30] In reply to [#29]
Hi moritz,

re:
> Hi Michael, would it be possible to include resizing for background images based on values to
> be entered (see example photo)? Scaling with the mouse is too inaccurate.

Please try updating the ImagePropertiesDialog.htm file (in the ui subfolder in the install) with the new version attached here. That should then give width and height controls on the image properties dialog:





- Michael

Attachments:
ImagePropertiesDialog.htm

Image Attachments:
image_width_height1.jpg  image_width_height2.jpg 


From: MajorGrubert (CARLOSFERREIRAPINTO)
3 Oct 2021   [#31]
Yes, that's ist quite usefull! Thanks Michael and Moritz.
From: moritzbock (MORITZ)
3 Oct 2021   [#32] In reply to [#30]
Hello Michael, this file helped. As always, fast and competent "customer service". Many thanks for this.
-moritz
From: aphaits
3 Oct 2021   [#33]
Not sure is this is a discussion I can add topic for more feature but here's my wish list entry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0A0poACpfw
bevel/fillet feature like this video would be awesome for v5
watch from minute 16 on the video for the capability I mentioned.
From: Michael Gibson
3 Oct 2021   [#34] In reply to [#33]
Hi aphaits, unfortunately fillets like that take something like 50 man years of development time to implement.

So it's not something that is easy for me to add directly on my own, it needs to come from a licensed library. There is a library that I've had my eye on that seems promising, but I'm not sure yet how difficult it will be to integrate it into MoI.

I've already worked on attempting similar integration with 2 other libraries so far without success yet.

Maybe the third time will be the charm though...

- Michael
From: Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
3 Oct 2021   [#35]
You can yet use the free 123D Design, or the free online Onshape for the problematic fillets! ;)
From: aphaits
3 Oct 2021   [#36] In reply to [#34]
Here's hoping! :D
From: 3image
4 Oct 2021   [#37]
Can we have something like this, please. A quick way to exchange the two values when using the chamfer tool.

Image Attachments:
exc.jpg 


From: Michael Gibson
5 Oct 2021   [#38] In reply to [#37]
Hi 3image,

re:
> Can we have something like this, please. A quick way to exchange the two values when
> using the chamfer tool.

Update the MoI v4 Chamfer.htm and Chamfer.js (in the install's commands folder) with the attached versions and also put the attached Swap.png inside the install's ui folder.

That should then give you a swap button like this:





- Michael

Attachments:
Chamfer.htm
Chamfer.js

Image Attachments:
chamfer_distances_swap_screenshot.jpg  Swap.png 


From: Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
5 Oct 2021   [#39] In reply to [#38]
Very cool! :)

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