I’ll improve it, thanks.
RH-46693 ScalePositions: Scale factor calculation is wrong
This bug is fixed.
I updated the help topic with a video clip.
http://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/6/help/en-us/index.htm#commands/scalepositions.htm
Does it help?
Your video clip is useful, but additional info is needed to explain difference between picking two reference points, and typing scale factor. For example, when I use 1D scaling and two reference points, the objects are scaled along the line defined by the reference points. When I use 1D scaling and scale factor, the objects are scaled in direction which seems arbitrary.
This is because when a scale factor is entered, the command prompts for picking a point to define the scale direction. In 1D mode, the object turns around when you’re moving the cursor before a point is picked.
http://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/6/help/en-us/index.htm#commands/scalepositions.htm
I added a note about that and another large video clip for 1D, 2D and 3D modes.
I still do not understand how to estimate scaling direction in 1D mode when I type scale factor.
You have written in documentation: “If a scale factor is entered, the command prompts for picking a point to define the scaling direction.”
No, it does not. It only prompts for the origin.
Another problem is a bug which ignores typed scale factor in every mode - the actual scale is always smaller than 1, no matter what scale I type. (I use Rhino 6.6.)
Yup, I noticed the problem. Because I use a non-standard size keyboard, I guessed it could be a problem with the keyboard. When a scale factor is typed and you press Enter, sometimes the command prompts for picking a point to define the scale direction, most of the time the command just ends. The distance entered is not accepted. It’s late at night in my timezone. I’ll write a bug report tomorrow. Thanks.
I figured out the steps to reproduce the problems. There are two problems when a scale factor is typed.
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The previously defined scale direction is used and the command doesn’t prompt for scale direction.
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The typed scale factor is used to scale object positions, but the scale factor is not remembered for the next run.
RH-47094 is the bug report, thanks.
http://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/6/help/en-us/index.htm#user_interface/rhino_window.htm
I modified the topic per your suggestions. I added things that were missing, “Sidebar” for instance.
Thanks.
http://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/6/help/en-us/index.htm#user_interface/rhino_window.htm
Thanks - this is essential update of Rhino documentation! I did not have time to check details.
Thanks for your time.
Toolbar menu button (number 7 in the big picture) and options menu button (number 4 in the small picture) are the same buttons, but they have different names. I would call them toolbar menu button, to avoid confusion with the panel options buttons.
Panel options buttons in are not identified in the big picture. I believe that they are worth mentioning. (They are below the panel groups - number 15 in the big picture.)
Button number 5 in the small picture is called close button. It exists in floating toolbar groups only.
replace: 6. Toolbar Contain graphical icons for initiating commands.
with: 6. Toolbar Contains graphical icons for initiating commands.
replace: 8. Sidebar Display the toolbar or toolbar group that is linked with a toolbar.
with: 8. Sidebar Displays the toolbar or toolbar group that is linked with a toolbar.
Perhaps i can post here my observation:
on front page : https://www.rhino3d.com/6/new/development
the links to RhinoCommon are false
https://developer.rhino3d.com/api/RhinoCommonWin/...
in place of https://developer.rhino3d.com/api/RhinoCommon/...
(for site of sale… :/)
@kitjmv, thanks for discovering the problem.
@dan, is this wrong on the Rhino website, or on https://developer.rhino3d.com/ ?
The links on the v6 new development page point to https://developer.rhino3d.com/api/RhinoCommonWin… that doesn’t exist.
hello @KelvinC, A more serious mistake
go to http://docs.mcneel.com/
We can see the information of your bucket. AWS help indicates authorization is needed…
jmv
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I juste explain here:
@KelvinC The correct URL is just https://developer.rhino3d.com/api/RhinoCommon/… since we merged the Windows and Mac API docs for RhinoCommon.
@kitjmv Thanks for finding those broken links and pointing them out!
@KelvinC It’s was problem with the rhino3d.com website, which I just fixed (for all pages and languages).
Actually, it should be Toolbar group menu.
I also changed the small picture to use (a)~(g) to reduce confusion.
I added 17. Property pages
Click to display different property pages in the Properties panel.
I don’t want to add a cluster to the description of the small picture. I described this in the (e) Close button on Rhinoceros Help
Fixed.
Thanks,
-Kelvin
In the Rhino window page: https://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/6/help/en-us/user_interface/rhino_window.htm
Replace: 15. Panel groups
with: 15. Panel group tabs
The 17. Property pages are actually tabs looking like buttons or icons. I would call them Property tabs or Object Property tabs.
Everyone loves short names. Can we shorten: 7. Toolbar group menu button
to: 7. Toolbar menu button?
The Panel options page: https://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/6/help/en-us/user_interface/panel_options.htm
needs an update. Its Panel group tabs picture: https://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/6/help/en-us/image/topic_illustrations/tabbedpanel-001.png
was taken from Rhino 5. Rhino 6 has different Panel group tabs.
The Options icon is now called Panel menu button.