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Circle N

Blender Addon # An axis-free manipulator with circle based GUI

Download circle_n.zip

Installation

1. Blender User Preference > Install from File > Select circle_n.zip
2. Activate 3D View: Circle N in Addons Preference

Usage

This addon supports following edit modes in 3D View:

• Object mode
• Edit mode of Mesh/Curve/Arumature
• Pose mode

Selecting subject(s) in above modes (e.g. objects in Object mode, vertices/edges/faces in Edit Mesh mode), pressing the buttons Move Rotate Scale in Circle N panel or pressing hotkey starts CircleN. Default hotkey is Q, and it starts Move mode.

(3D View) Circle N Panel

Common manipulation on each mode

• Mouse Move : Set the direction of CircleN
• Mouse Right Drag / Shift + Mouse Right Drag : Transform the subjects through the direction depending on current mode (see below)
• Mouse Left Click : Confirm & Exit
• Esc key : Cancel
• C key : Capture -- Set the CircleN direction on an object face normal of under mouse cursor (see below)
• Q key : Toggle current mode in order of Move -> Rotate -> Scale -> Move ...
• G R S key : Switch current mode to Move Rotate Scale

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Move mode

Move the subject(s).

• Mouse Right Drag : Translate toward CircleN direction

  

• Shift + Mouse Right Drag : Translate on the plane which is orthogonal to CircleN direction

  

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Rotate mode

Rotate the subject(s).

• Mouse Right Drag : Following mouse drag, the CircleN direction changes, and the subjects are rotated in a form fixed to the direction

  

• Shift + Mouse Right Drag : Rotate around the direction

  

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Scale mode

Scale the subject(s).

• Mouse Right Drag : Scale toward the direction

  

• Shift + Mouse Right Drag : Scale on the plane which is orthogonal to CircleN direction

  

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Capture

Pressing C key executes the Capture Normal. the direction will be set on an object face normal direction of under mouse cursor.

When execute the capture in Rotate mode, only Rotate around the direction method is enabled. (Mouse Right Drag will equal to Shift + Mouse Right Drag)