it is really great, that rhino supports preselecting objects before calling a command… (and also calling a command without selection.)
from a user perspective - this is a simple function:
(and I know, sorry mcneel, from a developer view, might be a lot of work…)
my wish: preselecting objects, and start typing a command in the commandline, the (fuzzy…) command-suggestions should only by valid for the preselection.
example 1:
preselecting a face of a polysurface
typing extr…
the suggestion should be extrudeSurface, extractSrf, …
(extrudeCrv should not be suggested as auto-complete, because it does not handle faces)
example 2
selecting a curve and start typing
bool…
the suggestion should be curveBoolean, … (any other command with *bool* ? for curves ?)
(booleanUnion… etc should be skipped - as that only works for (poly)Surface…)
hope this idea/wish is described in an understandable way…
thanks for having a look at it.
or add a +1… to give it more attention.
I think that hiding commands when something is selected can be a very confusing thing.
I’ve always liked the context sensitive auto-popping tools in SW.
it s not about hiding commands
do a preselection
start typing the command - the first 10 or less command-suggestions (“fuzzy”) should match with the preselection.
other command can still be there further down in the list.
current behaviour:
draw a rectangle
select it
type “ex”
i currently get “extractSrf” as first / marked suggestion which does not make sense at all.
i would expect at least a few suggestions at the top that make sense, that i use often
extrudeCrv
explode
extractPt
…
…
exit
explode
explodeBlock
export
exportAll
extractMeshPart
and so one - where many of this list will not make sense at all.
and then below i am fine with 300 other command suggestions not hidden.
Edit:
or … as i am just drawing:
select a curve and type
“offs…”
offsetSubD is the first, selected suggestion - there is no reason for it, there is no single subD element in the document ( i worked on subd the last document an hour ago…)
I like this idea! I am often switching back and forth between curves and polysurfaces at the same time (especially with the new layouts which have also been incredible to overlay drawings in one program) and have encountered this snag when going fast. It would be interesting to see what kind of commands I don’t normally use could apply to whatever I have selected
