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As with all tools, it has to be **dropped** once you're done with it (the easiest way is to press the space bar). | As with all tools, it has to be **dropped** once you're done with it (the easiest way is to press the space bar). | ||
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+ | **Limitations: | ||
+ | The Polygon Picker will use the frozen (subdivided) mesh to pick polygons. | ||
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===== Settings ===== | ===== Settings ===== | ||
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* **Open Selection Menu** Only display the item selection options. | * **Open Selection Menu** Only display the item selection options. | ||
==== First Polygon Only ==== | ==== First Polygon Only ==== | ||
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+ | If this is enabled, only the first polygon that's intersected is displayed in the menu. | ||
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+ | Combined with the **Open Surface Editor** or **Open Node Graph** option for the left mouse buttons, this allows for performing either of these actions directly, without a pop-up menu opening. | ||
==== Deep Mesh Inspection ==== | ==== Deep Mesh Inspection ==== | ||
This open is only available if **First Polygon Only** is disabled. | This open is only available if **First Polygon Only** is disabled. | ||
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+ | Polygon Picker traces a ray into the scene using the current mouse location. By default, only the first hit polygon per item/mesh is collected. | ||
+ | Enabling this option will probe for further polygons within that item/mesh, behind the initial first polygon. | ||
==== Preselection Highlight ==== | ==== Preselection Highlight ==== | ||
+ | If this option is enabled, the Polygon Picker will perform as follows: | ||
+ | - The mouse button is pressed in a view. | ||
+ | - As the mouse is dragged over the view, the current front most polygon is highlighted in all views. A crosshair is drawn on the active view. | ||
+ | - Once the mouse button is released, a menu is displayed to perform an action (or the action is performed directly, depending on the settings). | ||
+ | If it is disabled, the Polygon Picker will perform in a simpler manner: | ||
+ | - When a mouse button is pressed over a view, the scene is probed at that position and a menu is displayed to perform an action (or the action is performed directly, depending on the settings). | ||
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+ | This is the plugin of the month for July 2020, made possible by the finest patrons on [[https:// |