Ability to swap local and global axis keys shortcuts
In Blender GX keys performs moving along global X axis, GXX - along local X. In many cases in non-otrhogonal photorefrenced modeling or architecture needs ability to transform along local axis first. (example - modifying house, rotated at 30 degrees from top view with transform widgets turned off)
Suggestion - option “Swap axis shortcut order” in prefrences, that will bring ability to swap single (GX) with double (GXX) shortcuts, making GX to perform local transforms and GXX - global transforms.
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I think this would be really good efficiency - I also posted the same request before finding this one
blender.community/c/rightclickselect/1Kbbbc/user-selected-transformation-orientation-should-be
@Jason van Gumster, I dont think there needs to be a another toggle or button at all. if the user has set local, (or gimbal, whatever) in the orientation menu, then that is the first orientation that would be constrained when tapping x, y, z, shift+x, shift+y, shift+z during transform modal. Global would be the second tap, unless its the user selected orientation...
My other suggestion would be that the shortcuts work according to the transform orientation setting currently used for the manipulator, and have a little pushdown button next to it to enable/disable this behavior.
@loic.dautry:
Exactly what I want, but don't know if devs will agree to put another one ui element for this.
Well, it is implemented by making local axis main)
Just so I'm sure I understand here... You want to swap these because you don't want to press X twice in a row?
Personally, rather than yet another option toggle in Preferences, I'd just prefer to have the ability to set those modal hotkeys during transform operations.