Item naming for the Cylinder brush

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New poly naming scheme

  • new system is better

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  • old system is better

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  • have both ways & make it a user option

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  • Item naming? arg!?!?!

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tarquin

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The current version of the cylinder builder names the polys of partial brushes like this:
  • caps (the icing and the base)
  • curvature sides (the outer rim)
  • cut sides (the bits where you'd see the jam filling if it was a cake :) )

The current build I'm working on builds all the sides in one go.
Is it an advantage to be able to select all the vertical sides in one go, or a disadvantage that the cut sides are selected at the same time as the curvature sides?
So: better, worse, or just different?

Edit: Item Naming explanation:
When a poly is selected, SHIFT+I selects the other polys in that brush that have the same name.
In other words: poly naming divides the polys of a brush into seperate groups. Current partial cylinder has three groups, listed above.
 
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TaoPaiPai

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:con: Mmmhhh...
The hell if i have an idea what you're talking about...


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HEY!
Tarquin you forgot about us Ultra N00bs and Morons
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Probably the wise TaoSPySpY :con: will be able to answer or He'll have to rely on
Tim SWEENEY's Mom

Hey for us Californians and other Bsp SEMI retards maybe you could make a quick schematic (provided it doesn't cut the BSP in half and send us all in a cycloïd HOM hell full of Ued Gobliiins and Jenna Bush Lookalikes...
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tarquin

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I asked because I didn't want this change to make it less useful to people (it makes the coding a heck of a lot simpler)

Anyway, here's the pic. Side view of a 4/16 cylinder. One 'jam' side and the top cap are not visible. Hope this explains.
If not, throw jam at me. Preferably without a jar around it :).
 

neoduck

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so u are trying to ask weather it would be good to be able to select the jam (yum) and the rim with just 1 click?
too many big words and stuff for a primative mind as my own to understand.
(reads it over for the 100th time) no :) i still dont get it
 

The ultimate novice

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I use SHIFT+W for adj. walls, and SHIFT+F for adj. floors & ceilings. I use ctrl+click for anything more complex than that. I guess what I mean to say is, keep the code as simple as possible. The users will learn to use it just as well either way. If they can't ctrl-click, they need to go back to basic training. I apologize if I too am totaly misinterpreting your querry.