I made feature request to change rename “Draw the shape relative to the object position on scene” option
I believe i made mistake but i gonna let others to judge
I want it to get changed but the more i think about i think it could stay as it is
Since 1 feature request per topic that is why i went with another one
Anyway i don’t know everything but i totally can speak from what i seen being here over 3 years
But first let me ask you a question
Did any of you in any user events and yourself included
EVER seen someone draw shapes from NewShapePainter.X NewShapePainter.Y?
I just realized i never seen any1 doing it
All events i seen so far is it on forums or on discord or even in youtube videos
NEVER had any1 even try to draw anything from position of shape painter
To be disabled by default when you add shape painter object to your object list
Instead of renaming it
I think that could fix a lot more problems
Than expecting after renaming that option for users to read it and even understand it
I would expect 95% (more or less) will click it when they create SP by accident or to check what it does
So that alone would solve most problems ppl have with why their shapes are not being drawn from where they try to draw them
I had a look at one of my projects where I used about five shape painters for toggles and sliders. I have the ‘draw relative to position’ checked for all of them and therefore I didn’t need to specify the position in events because I’ve placed them correctly in the scene. Then I had a look at another project where I’d used a shape painter to draw a lot of stars to have stars shining at night and that had the option unchecked and I specified the position in events. So, I’m confused, wouldn’t having the option unchecked mean you have to specify position? Or am I missing the point?
Are you 100% sure you don’t have action to draw from relative position NO?
Cause i simply gave up on placing SP on scene and editing its properties
I simply create it via events on layer i want and then add action Draw from relative pos NO
Anyway
You @Bubble and you @petlimpet
I am more curious what you see most the times
Cause its not about ppl who know what to do
But about ppls who don’t
Who will see tutorial/forum post or screenshot on discord
I am biased here so my opinion is not object
But really i do not remember EVER seeing any1 draw from shape painter X or Y
I am willing to sit with any1 and go trough forum and discord message and compare screenshots
And again this is about having that option OFF by default and not removing it
While now its default state is ON
As new user if i would see every other screenshot / video with shape painter draw from SOME position and not SP position
And then don’t see my drawings cause there is some option no one mentioned they got disabled by default
I would be pretty confused
And i am here with this topic only cause i helped A LOT of users deduce that reason they don’t see their shapes is cause of that option being ON
@ZeroX4 - I get where you’re coming from and i have seen threads where it has caused some confusion but I like to draw from the relative position and treat it as an object with an x and y. I’ve seen other people on here do it too - its not just me.
The thing about the shape painter, it has a very wide range of uses - draw fancy shapes, or add a behavior to it which is what I most often do. I add the slider control or toggle button behaviour to it, for example. In this instance, I know exactly where I want it to be, so I put it there and keep the relative position check box checked.
People are used to putting something in the scene and that’s where it is. I think if the default option was off then it would cause more confusion becaue it goes against the principles that apply to other objects.
To make sure we’re talking about the same thing, here’s a screenshot of one of my shape painter toggle button properties. I’ll admit though that positioning shape painters on the screen is tricky because you can’t see what it looks like.
