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a tiny set of unmissable CAD functions ( VTX, XALL ...) for Blender

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commented

Could you add information how you access the circlecenter functions (hotkeys) like you did for the other functions. For example: Switching into edit modus first, marking several edges/vertices and then using "w" for special menu and so on

Furthermore commenting on this blender-stackexchange answer: http://blender.stackexchange.com/a/28241/12883 :
It is unclear to me how to get the "circle center from selected" menu. Mainly because I am a noob. Could you elaborate on this?

Thank you very much for your hard work.

commented

General

addon installation

This seems to be a painful experience for most new Blender users, and there are 2 ways to install an addon, but I suggest doing it manually (do not use "install from file").

  • make a folder somewhere on your harddrive called "Blender_addons" or something ( the name of this folder is not so important
  • inside this folder make a folder called scripts
  • inside scripts make a folder called addons .
  • drop the mesh_tinyCAD folder in this addons folder
  • In the end you have something like Blender_addons/scripts/addons/mesh_tinyCAD, which has the various tinyCAD python files.
  • inside Blender Preferences go to File and change the scripts folder to the location of your scripts folder.

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For instance on my machine I have GITHUB/scripts (which itself has an addons folder, and a bunch of other addons)

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  • in the Add-ons tab, make sure Community is selected and you can narrow down the search by entering 'tiny' into the search area.
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  • If you see tinyCAD Mesh tools then tick it, press Ctrl+U and press the 'Save user settings'
  • The menu will then be visible from W. and the addon is permanently enabled.

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In this section GIF refers to this image

showing menu

in Edit Mode, with 3 vertices selected, you hit W to show the Specials menu, pick TinyCAD and drop down to the circle centre item as shown in the GIF.

showing grease pencil

I would like to automate this.. but the grease pencil part of Blender is still under development, and that doesn't work at the moment. (probably my mistake)

As shown in the GIF, navigate to the GreasePencil dropdown, and pick tc_circle_000 (currently hard-coded with that name). The green layer shall be visible then.

showing operator options

To set the amount of vertices, press F6 directly after making the GreasePencil visible, you can still adjust the number of vertices for a limited period. If you click on other buttons or change the vertex selection the F6 menu becomes invalidated.

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commented

Thanks for the fast reply. Unfortunately your explanation was not what I meant in the last part of my question.
I got everything that you explained to work. Only the last step in the gif seems to be a hotkey to get the "circle center from selected"-menu. Sorry if I am missing something obvious here.

commented

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That's the W key, when in Edit Mode, if the W doesn't show the tinyCAD option it isn't installed properly.

commented

Though I did do a recent update, and removed the panel from the Right Side Toolbar. You might want to redownload the addon.

commented

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Another way to launch the operator is by using the spacebar menu, and type in 'center'

commented

The Hotkey to get the operator menu I think you're referring to is F6 , but it isn't available if you do anything other than

  • starting the operator ( W -> etc)
  • selecting the greasepencil layer
  • F6 will still be available.

if you click any other vertices just after starting the operator, the F6 window becomes unavailable because the operator considers that you have finished with the operation.

commented

Sorry for the late reply.

You explained it all. Thank you very much. It worked flawlessly!