Gumball misalignment on SubD

Serengeti (Rhino WIP)
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I’m trying to model a simple shape in SubD and I’m getting bad results using the scale widget on the gumball. In the pic you can see I’m sub-object selecting two edges (which are symmetrical around the Y axis) and the Gumball scale center is offset from the Y axis, so when I scale using the gumball the result is asymmetrical. Scaling the same two edges without the gumball and picking the Y axis as the scale center gives perfect results… Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

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Have you tried the comand _GumballAlignment? It has options to align to object, c-plane, or world. I’m not sure if that is your issue, but it might be worth a try.

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It’s set to World so it should be centered… (shrugs)

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Gumball often captures points from the back of the model.

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Well yes, I want it to… Here you can see the points/edges I’m selecting (which I am certain are symmetrical) and you can see the gumball is offset…

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Can I get it on the file?

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Oddly, aligning the gumball to the object puts it in the correct position, but as the object is centred on the Yaxis this is still a puzzle…

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SubDPuzzle.3dm (75.9 KB)

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It seems like a mistake.
In flat mode draws correctly, in smooth mode the bug.

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Yup, looks like a bug…

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OOH! the Gumball Drag+copy works on an edge-loop, Nice!

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Oh, no it doesn’t, just copies the edge curves as a separate object rather than inserting an edge as I thought it was doing… (blushes)

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InsertEdge - command

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Yes thanks, found that by typing it. Odd that it’s not on the SubD toolbar tab by default. Wonder what else is missing? :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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There is a label on the toolbar. If you can’t see them, dial ToolbarReset and restart Rhino.

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Hmm I’m not seeing that…
If I float the SubD toolbar (Tools/Toolbar layout…) it shows the same buttons that are on the tab…

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Surely this is the obvious place for SubD commands…

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  1. ToolbarReset - command,
  2. Restart Rhino 7 WIP.
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Well thanks , yes that worked at the same time as destroying all my personalisations… :man_facepalming:

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Best practice is to make a new RUI toolbar collection file, and put your customizations in it, so a ToolbarReset that replaces default.rui will not wipe them out.
All you need to do is open your RUI again.

Cheers

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Thanks @John_Brock et al…

Actually this whole topic is about to become irrelevant to me as I’m running Windows 7 (I know: dinosaur :laughing:), so in two days I won’t be able to play with R7 WIP, until after my long-postponed entire system rebuild. Argh!
…unless you would allow me to extend the trial period of the current build? (I guarantee I will be upgrading to R7 when it is released… :grinning:)