RE: why is the scale manip offering "local" mode only?

Date : Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:50:07 +0100
To : <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
From : "Kim Aldis" <XSI(at)kim-aldis.co.uk>
Subject : RE: why is the scale manip offering "local" mode only?
I think I asked for it, probably more than once. As I recall I was told that
non-local scaling introduced a shear which was considered a deform, not a
transform. A shear is a matrix transform so really there's no excuse left.
;)





> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
> Behalf Of Brent McPherson
> Sent: 13 June 2007 17:53
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: RE: why is the scale manip offering "local" mode only?
> 
> Michael,
> 
> Read Tim's latest reply.
> 
> This is by design and currently only local is supported for objects.
> 
> We mistakenly assumed Tim was having problems scaling components. If
> you switch to point mode you will see that all the scaling options
> become available.
> 
> So it is not a bug but could be considered a feature request.
> 
> Cheers!
> --
> Brent
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
> Behalf
> Of Michael Gangolf
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 2:14 PM
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: Re: why is the scale manip offering "local" mode only?
> 
> Am Dienstag, 12. Juni 2007 14:38:31 schrieb Kim Aldis:
> > I've seen it Brent. And reported it, a year or two ago. You should
> have it
> > somewhere over there. It's intermittent and I could never lock down
> any
> > repro steps, it just does it every now and again and it's difficult
> to
> get
> > out of it.
> 
> Under linux I ONLY have local scaling. Empty scene -> create Cube ->
> clicked
> on scaling:
> http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/275/scalingsw6.jpg
> even if i freeze, reload, right click and can't check the numpad stuff
> since
> I'm on a notebook and the Alt-Key won't work when I switch on the
> numpad
> 
> (stupid!).
> 
> 
> Michael
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