Meshpaint wish
Brent: While playing with Meshpaint (great toy), I came with this wish
that could be interesting and easy to implement:
To have an option that, using the mapping coordinates applied to the
object, at the push of a button paints all the edges of the object
into the map. Since straight edges in the object could be end as
curved edges on the map, maybe an "edge sampling density" could be
also specified.
This map can be used to:
– View the problem areas (poles in spherical mapping, distortions in
cylindrical maps, etc), where delicate painting can be done, or multiple
mappings have to be applied.
– The map can be used for a rough "hidden line" rendering.
For the planar mapping, maybe the front facing edges can be painted in
a color different from back facing edges, to aid in the
differentiation.
Almost all the code for this wish is already in the program. You need
only to "feed" the painting code with the edge list, which you
already have created for the preview-renderer.
P.S.: Which is the current version of DMM. Mine is still 0.95beta.