possible to rotate "size info" axis? To show diagonals

[Komag]

I'm wondering if it is possible to implement a toggle where the "size info" is based on a diagonal axis instead of a straight one. This might be very weird, but I can imagine some control where, in the current ortho view, you can rotate the size info axis 45 degrees. Or maybe you can "lock" the size info to the brush, then when you rotate it they both rotate.

 

The thing is, sometimes I want to build on a diagonal, but then I'm somewhat lost as to what size brushes I'm making. I know I can build it straight then rotate it, but then when I grid snap sometimes it comes out weird. And later on I can't check it's size because the size info shows the full x/y instead of the relative brush size.

 

This would only work well for cubes and rectangles, but I know I would get a lot of use out of it.

 

Ah geez, the more I type the weirder I think the idea is to implement, probably not possible!

[greebo]

Hm, I think it's possible to display the length of the diagonal of the current selection bounding box - I wonder if this was appropriate in all cases or just for 45 degrees?

[sparhawk]

length = sqroot(sqr(u) + sqr(v)) Works for all cases.