[Resolved] Scale tool does not wok as good as other tools

General Feedback & Requests
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I’m very disappointed with Scale tool, it’s much weaker than translate and rotate tool. I have a list of broken and left undone features.

  1. Select multiple objects and then activate Scale tool - It’s switching from additive scaling to legacy % scaling, which is breaking old snap scaling :frowning:
  2. Grid for multiple objects can’t be customized so you stick with default values which does not even work correctly
  3. Negative scaling in viewport is broken. After you reach 0 scale you can’t just proceed to scale in same direction to get -1, -2 and so on, you have to move in OPPOSITE direction(In positive) to scale negatively. It’s very hard to do, because at near 0 scaling start to jump by little values and you’re simply stuck on positive axis.
  4. You can’t switch coordinate system from object space to world space
  5. CTRL + LMB/RMB hotkey does not work with scale tool. It works however with translation and rotation tool.
  6. Hotkeys for increase/decrease scale snapping are absent.
  7. You can’t duplicate assets with ALT + Scale. Works with ALT+ Translate/Rotate.
2

Hi ,

I’ve entered several feature requests for the list above:

UE-12130, UE-12131, UE-12132, UE-12135

For number 2, you can already change the grid values that you utilize for your snap values in the editor preferences>viewports submenu:

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Did you mean something else?

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Hi ,

I’ve entered several feature requests for the list above:

UE-12130, UE-12131, UE-12132, UE-12135

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Hey , thanks!

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For number 2, you can already change the grid values that you utilize for your snap values in the editor preferences>viewports submenu:

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Did you mean something else?
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Yeah, I’m talking about grid for multiple-object-selection-scale, it has unique grid setup which you can’t modify

Also I’ve updated list with another problem:

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You can’t duplicate assets with ALT + Scale. Works with ALT+ Translate/Rotate.
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4

Hey ,

Thank you for the suggestions on how to better Unreal Engine 4. I have submitted a couple of feature requests for you: UE-12169 & UE-12174.

Thanks! :slight_smile:

5

Bumping this up, I hope at least something goes into 4.9

6

Negative scaling in the viewport works fine in current promoted branch (4.9.0)

7

Confirmed, negative scaling is fixed, thanks!

Everything else is still alive, so BUMPETY-BUMP: UE-12130, UE-12131, UE-12132, UE-12135, UE-12169 & UE-12174.

Also I’ve noticed that scaling in Blueprint Viewport is showing interface for additive scaling, but actually uses legacy % scaling. To reproduce - choose 0.5 scale value and scale back and forth - your mesh will shrink each time because you’re taking a percentage of current mesh, not pure 0.5 values.

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In 4.11 all important issues from this post were fixed so yeah, happy panda!
Thanks Epic :slight_smile: