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| Posted by CyberShadow at Apr 15, 2023, 9:34:30 PM |
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Move selection by an exact distance Hi, I made a mistake while trying to make an exact plan of an existing building. In short, I need to move selected items by an exact distance (e.g. 1 meter north). Is this possible? I'm aware I can use the arrow keys or the mouse, however it is not possible to exactly control the distance. Arrow keys move items by some nonsense random amount like "1.0221" cm. (I guess it depends on the zoom level, but there's no way to set the zoom level so that 1 nudge = 1 cm OSLT either.) Thanks! |
| Posted by hansmex at Apr 16, 2023, 7:04:31 AM |
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Re: Move selection by an exact distance Use the plugin AdvancedEdit H ---------------------------------------- Hans new website - under constuction hansdirkse.info |
| Posted by CyberShadow at Apr 16, 2023, 12:17:51 PM |
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Re: Move selection by an exact distance Thank you! I also submitted the following patch, which I think makes sense regardless (though, as these things go, no idea if it arrived anywhere or not): From ae3f3435dde25fee5f9213c9c0333d78c641a49c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 |
| Posted by Keet at Apr 16, 2023, 4:54:53 PM |
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Re: Move selection by an exact distance As hansmex stated, use the Advanced Edit plugin. With that you can move all selected objects with great precision. It moves the exact distance you enter independend of the zoom level. For me it's the most used function in Sweethome3D. Even with the deepest zoom level you can only move 0.1 cm with the arrow keys. For a house that's fine but when you create furniture in SH3D that is often not precise enough. Using the Advanced Edit plugin you can go as small as 0.001 if you wanted to. Just don't move it with an arrow key until you have exported the furniture. Bonus: it can move ANY object, including polylines, dimensions, walls, rooms, etc. So you can drag a selection square and move everything in the selection in one go. ---------------------------------------- Dodecagon.nl 1300+ 3D models, manuals, and projects |
| Posted by CyberShadow at Apr 16, 2023, 11:18:29 PM |
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Re: Move selection by an exact distance Thanks, got it 🙂 For a house that's fine but when you create furniture in SH3D that is often not precise enough. I have not tried it, but would a 3D modeling program like Blender not be better for creating furniture?Even with the deepest zoom level you can only move 0.1 cm with the arrow keys. So the distance that the arrow keys move things by depends on the zoom level... is the 0.1 cm limit because you can only zoom in so far? It's hard-coded in the getMinimumScale() method. Um... if it helps you, I could make you a build with that limit removed. |
| Posted by Keet at Apr 17, 2023, 2:49:57 PM |
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Re: Move selection by an exact distance I have not tried it, but would a 3D modeling program like Blender not be better for creating furniture? Any 3D modelling program that can export to one of the formats supported for import in SH3D is fine. However there's a huge difference in learning curve between the different programs. Blender has long and very steep learning curve where assembling basic shapes in SH3D is simplicity itself. It's what you know or are willing to learn.So the distance that the arrow keys move things by depends on the zoom level... is the 0.1 cm limit because you can only zoom in so far? It's hard-coded in the getMinimumScale() method. Um... if it helps you, I could make you a build with that limit removed. No need for a special build. The advanced edit plugin partly goes around that limit and I suspect that one of the future releases of SH3D will increase zoomlevels and hopefully precision. A good trick is to build furniture in scale 10:1 and after export divide by 10 when importing. The 0.1 limit suddenly is 0.01 using that trick. And if that is not enough there's other programs that can. I use Blender for a few tasks that can't be done in SH3D like bisecting or smooting. I've become quite proficient in editing obj and mtl files too ![]() ---------------------------------------- Dodecagon.nl 1300+ 3D models, manuals, and projects |
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