What is the difference between LoopTools → Flatten and scaling an axis to 0 (X/Y/Z = 0)?
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I’m trying to flatten a surface, but LoopTools → Flatten doesn’t seem to work in my case also tried other options normals and view
while scaling on the Z axis to 0 works perfectly.
What is the difference in logic between these two methods?
I actually mostly just use Circle and Space (and sometimes Bridge) from Loop Tools.
G Stretch is not mentioned in the Addon’s Documentation, but it looks like it’s broken. Here’s what it used to do (2.80) and what it does now to a Cube and a Stroke:
It also doesn’t throw an error or warning anymore, if you try and use it without a GP Stroke and might give really unpredictable and unwanted results (with or without Stroke):
Use it to your advantage if you want/can, but it doesn’t get a recommendation from me😉
I find G-Stretch really helpful. I think I tried it out cos you mentioned it in another thread as a possible solution to something I wanted to do.
Maybe I’m not using it correctly?
I only use it with the Spread dropdown. Spread evenly never works for me.What it does is flatten the vertices between the 1st and last in the axis enabled. If I have an edge that’s a bit wonky from modelling I can sort it out with G-Stretch.
Here I use it constrained to z to flatten the vertices between the highpoint and the low point.
So it’s different to flattening to 0% scale. but it would do that if the first and last were both on the same Z
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