I'm experiencing an issue in 2020 with my Check Model tool when attempting to use it with a hotkey. It is bringing up the option box instead of checking my model. Usually it will just do the model check, but it's requiring me to physically move the mouse to the "check" box within the option box each time I want to use it now.
Was this intentional? If so, is there a way to turn this feature off?
It was thought that "Check Model" is usually a compute intensive operation and we were not doing anyone a favor by launching it without opening the option window first. I take it that is not the case for you. It was intended as being optional, but the optional part was not done. It is a bug and I have entered a ticket about it.
We are wondering what kind of work flow do you use the hotkey in?
Thank you!! That will be wonderful if you can make it optional.
I use it in that capacity mainly as I search for and repair short edges in my model. After a model fully stitches, I begin using the Check Model function. I will usually find/repair a few at a time, and then do another quick check model to look for others. That helps to reduce what shows in the results window as I go, so it feels more like I'm clearing things. That's why I like to just "go" with it, the same as the stitching function does. I have other Check Model settings already set up in my Shelf if I need them, so I rarely have to open the option window itself.
Perhaps an addition to the Check Model tool to make it so I wouldn't have to keep "redoing" the check, is to keep a physical "ghost" of where the short edges are on a model, which would disappear as they are removed/modified. This could be an arrow pointing to exactly where the short edges are on the physical model in a "ghost" setting, similar to how cross sections remain until cleared from the cross section editor. Should I write that up as a suggested tool function in the forum, or has that already been suggested?
Thank you so much!
Amanda
It has been suggested that some form of check model would be running in some other thread, but the idea has yet to be hashed out, your workflow and explanation of the ghosting might add to the mix. Just cut and paste into an Alias Ideas post. We do track those. But the option will show up in an upcoming release.
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