MatterHackers / MatterControl

3D printing software for Windows, Mac and Linux

http://www.mattercontrol.com/

BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License

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Requesting Absolute Positioning of objects on table #5409

Open MichaelPetitclerc opened 1 year ago

MichaelPetitclerc commented 1 year ago

Feature Request

Problem Some users work with Absolute positioning of objects to place them into position for modification.

Solution The current system works off of Relative positioning to move objects. Add to MatterControl the ability for objects to reference the origin point of the plane.

jlewin commented 1 year ago

One plausible fix for this is to add a Relative or Absolute checkbox to the current Translate operation, then perform the translation as the user intends. Likely a quick fix if allowing the user to control the effect is an acceptable allowance.

MichaelPetitclerc commented 1 year ago

Good to see you pop in John, hope you're doing well!

jlewin commented 1 year ago

Thanks Michael, and likewise. I was just thinking out loud about where such a thing could go. After playing with it more, I see my idea isn't anywhere close to the right solution, as it wouldn't keep in sync as I'd imagined. Fun idea to try and implement though.