Draw 3d normals using view.draw?

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Draw 3d normals using view.draw? #31

Open thomthom opened 4 years ago

thomthom commented 4 years ago

I find it a challenge to properly see the direction of normals when they use draw2d and appear on top of geometry.

I have in some extensions drawn 3D first in solid strokes, then used draw2d on top with a stippled stroke so that you get a "ghosted" appearance when the 3D stroke is obscured. I guess a transparent fill in 2d would also work...

Aerilius commented 4 years ago

Good idea! Stippled or transparent would be with the same color as the solid arrow. So for (re)drawing the occluded part of the arrow I don't need to clip it, but can redraw the complete arrow. That's actually very simple.

thomthom commented 4 years ago

I've been doing that in Vertex Tools for it's previews: