Ideas for the future of the shape builder tool

[steve.ledger]

So the current method is slow???

[handrawn]

the whole point of the shape builder tool is not to have to manipulate nodes individually - what squeaky is proposing is an extention of this

all manipulation of nodes is slower than freehand - more technically accurate maybe, but slower - the key word here is 'organic' I think, 'artistic' rather than 'design'

[Squeaky]

all manipulation of nodes is slower than freehand - more technically accurate maybe, but slower - the key word here is 'organic' I think, 'artistic' rather than 'design'

I couldn't have put it better myself. :-)

The marquee selection would work a little better for me if we could have a freehand selection. As it is it does do the job but is a little unwieldy for us speed demons :-D

[handrawn]

hopefully both camps can be kept happy that work in different ways, those who want to manipulate the nodes in the builder tool [and elsewhere] and those who don't

thats why although the point for me is 'no nodes' I don't think they should be surpresed automatically, because others will work differently

auto deselect on the infobar

[handrawn]

ok Phil

but if we can toggle it on and off in the UI [rather than Xareg] its a useful feature ?

[Squeaky]

Really. I just don't want to see the blobs while I'm drawing they really get in the way. For me a button that hides them when I'm drawing would be the way forward.

[PhilM]

Message received. We'll see what we can do.

Phil

[handrawn]

many thanks Phil