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Design scale/rotate/translate/shear icons #4BRL-CAD
Status: ClosedTime to complete: 100 hrs Mentors: Isaac Kamga, IshwerdasTags: artwork, concept, icons, design

BRL-CAD is a 3D modeling systems where one is very often performing edits on geometry using common matrix transformations that scale, rotate, translate (move), and shear (skew) geometry. We need good application icons to indicate those actions

Define a set of useful icons that we might want to use in our main GUI application (e.g., on a top toolbar). Submit the icons in a raw editable format (e.g., SVG, AI, PSD, or XCF) as well as an overview of them all in PNG format.

The icons should be scalable at least from 16x16 through 128x128 while maintaining a clean appearance.

References:
  • http://resources.esri.com/help/9.3/arcgisengine/java/Gp_ToolRef/coverage_tools/how_transform_coverage_works.htm
  • http://wiki.blender.org/uploads/thumb/0/02/3D_interaction-Transform_Control-Manipulators-manipulator_options.png/650px-3D_interaction-Transform_Control-Manipulators-manipulator_options.png
  • http://www.mycadsite.com/tutorials/level_1/images/object_layer.gif
Uploaded Work
File name/URLFile sizeDate submitted
Scale 1.xcf15.8 KBDecember 08 2014 17:28 UTC
Rotate 1.xcf7.0 KBDecember 08 2014 17:31 UTC
Translate 1.xcf8.3 KBDecember 08 2014 17:31 UTC
Shear 1.xcf5.1 KBDecember 08 2014 17:32 UTC
All 1.png20.4 KBDecember 08 2014 17:32 UTC
Scale 1_2.xcf9.0 KBDecember 09 2014 11:11 UTC
Rotate 1_2.xcf7.0 KBDecember 09 2014 11:12 UTC
Translate 1_2.xcf6.7 KBDecember 09 2014 11:12 UTC
Shear 1_2.xcf5.4 KBDecember 09 2014 11:13 UTC
All 1_2.png18.7 KBDecember 09 2014 11:13 UTC
Comments
Rohit Agarwalon December 7 2014 17:05 UTCTask Claimed

I would like to work on this task.

Ch3ck on December 7 2014 17:12 UTCTask Assigned

This task has been assigned to Rohit Agarwal. You have 100 hours to complete this task, good luck!

Rohit Agarwalon December 8 2014 17:32 UTCReady for review

The work on this task is ready to be reviewed.

Rohit Agarwalon December 8 2014 17:35 UTCFiles Uploaded

I have uploaded the following files-


Scale 1.xcf


Rotate 1.xcf


Translate 1.xcf


Shear 1.xcf


All 1.png


I hope you like my work

Sean on December 9 2014 06:32 UTCI do like these

Rohit, I do like these!  Where did you get your inspiration from?


These look great, but there's a little bit of room for improvement that should greatly improve the appeal of these icons.  You indicate the action very well, but there are a few inconsistencies:



  1. the arrows ... rotate's arrow is the only one with a gradient, scale's the only one that's bidirectional and the only one with a hairline outline around it, shear's arrow is thin and overlaps the diagram (unlike the others), and translate doesn't use an arrow at all but a hand for some reason(?).  they should all be consistent and identical in styling to avoid confusion/implication questions.

  2. rotate, shear, and translate all use a dashed outline to nicely indicate before and after, yet scale does not.

  3. scale is also the only one to show three states whereas the others all display only two.  again, consistency improves their usability

  4. you can see the dashed line under shear, but not under rotate or translate .. again, consistency needed.


With those fixes in place, this should be good to go.  Thanks for your efforts!


 

Sean on December 9 2014 06:32 UTCTask Needs More Work

One of the mentors has sent this task back for more work. Talk to the mentor(s) assigned to this task to satisfy the requirements needed to complete this task, submit your work again and mark the task as complete once you re-submit your work.

Rohit Agarwalon December 9 2014 11:13 UTCReady for review

The work on this task is ready to be reviewed.

Rohit Agarwalon December 9 2014 11:20 UTCChanges Made

Sir, I made some changes according to your suggestions. My new files are


Scale 1_2.xcf


Rotate 1_2.xcf


Translate 1_2.xcf


Skew 1_2.xcf


I got ideas from all the softwares I have used and my imagination.


 

Rohit Agarwalon December 9 2014 11:22 UTC

I also uploaded All 1_2.png after updating the previous one with new designs 

Popescu Andrei on December 9 2014 12:14 UTC

Rohit, to me it looks like you have applied Sean's changes, very well done!


Thank you for doing this!

Popescu Andrei on December 9 2014 12:15 UTCTask Closed

Congratulations, this task has been completed successfully.

Sean on January 14 2015 21:10 UTCfollow-on

Rohit,


There are now a slew of additional icon tasks added!  Just search on the title or tags for icons and you'll see there are five other icon sets we would love to see you design, consistent with this icon set.