[POLL] Blender style move, rotate, and scale tools

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Hey devs!

I’ve been considering making transform tools that behave like the ones in Blender. Just wanted to know before I got to work, would people be interested in seeing something like this in the Asset Store?

For anyone who doesn’t know, in Blender, once you have a transform tool active, you can get more control by using the keyboard to fine-tune your transformation.So, for example with the Move tool:

Once active, moving the mouse free-moves the selected object(s). But, you can then press x, y, or z on the keyboard to lock your movement on one of the three axis. With the axis locked, moving the mouse only moves the object on that axis. Blender takes this a step further by letting you type in specific unit amounts. For example, if you move, then press x, then press 10, the object will move 10 units in the x-axis.

I might end up building this for myself anyways, but if people are interested in having this too, I’ll make sure that I’m not lazy with my code :wink:

Thanks in advance!

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Why not add it as additional functionality to your Handy Hacks?

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It’s something I’m certainly considering :slight_smile: I wanted to keep my options open in case this is a bigger undertaking than I think it will be, but it would definitely be cool to have it included under one bigger asset.

For now, I want to see how much of an appeal there would be and if there are related features that people would want to see. If it’s looking like it would need its own development roadmap and more dedicated support, than I think I’ll make a separate asset so I can serve people better. If not, then maybe I’ll putter away at it and add it to Handy Hacks :slight_smile: