Feature request: add tubing between vertices

[loopkin]

It would be great!
Your addon is already awesome!
Thanks :-)

[zeffii]

how would the normal be decided?

[loopkin]

Haha good point! I didn't think about that...
I don't know if it's possible to average the normals of the faces around the vertice?
Anyway your addon is awesome, thanks!

[zeffii]

yes, averaging the surrounding faces would produce a normal.

unfortunately i'm not super likely to get around to that feature soon. but i'll remember it..for a day when i'm really bored or waiting for something.

[loopkin]

Ahah I understand! Not a problem :-)
Maybe one day... but I wish you not to be really bored!

[zeffii]

try the latest release. @loopkin

[loopkin]

@zeffii I've tested it, it works well!!!
Well done, congratulation!
Thanks :-)

[zeffii]

a little explanation maybe.

to establish the startup radius and scale values it uses the average edge length of edges connected to each selected vertex, and divides that by two. This feels somewhat natural but over time maybe real-world distance between points can be used to tweak the start normal so the control points of the bezier are a bit more predictable.

let me know.

[loopkin]

@zeffii I think that the startup value for radius is great!

For the startup size of the handles (I'm not sure to understand well what you mean), but yes, it might be better if the startup size of the handles could somehow be proportional to the distance between the start and end of the tube.

[loopkin]

@zeffii I think I found kind of a bug:
When 2 objects are selected if I select 2 elements on the same object and try to add a tube, I get an alert:
if two objects are selected, then select one face on each object
From there it's impossible to add any tube whatever I try...

[loopkin]

@zeffii Also when I click on Tube Callback, Blender crashes...
Not a big deal, fantastic work 👍

[zeffii]

when you click on "Tube Callback" ? where

[zeffii]

When 2 objects are selected if I select 2 elements on the same object and try to add a tube, I get an alert:

hmmm, yeah it expects the selections to be on two different objects, if multiple objects are selected. I have no testing code implemented to defend against that.