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From the description, it's just what the doctor ordered =)

A request for an edge and point dissolve script, if I may.
Here's how it should work:

Edge dissolve (with cleanup)


Edge dissolve (without cleanup)


Vertex dissolve


I'm not sure how best to handle the UVs on seams during edge dissolve. Probably just pick one of the sides and arrange them between the affected UVs on that side.

I'll be adding it soon

Super!

Steve
No, not the height.
Suppose you framed an object with F in a perspective view. Now dolly away from it and arc rotate the view. In the scheme that I'm proposing, the rotation still happens about the centre of the object (the arc rotation pivot has stayed put). Currently in Anim8or, it happens about a point that's closer to the viewpoint (the arc rotation pivot has dollied along with it).

My suggestion is to use MMB to dolly instead of zoom.

That would be awesome.

component framing would render this feature fairly trivial

Absolutely. I just didn't dare cram two requests into one thread.

i'm assuming you're starting from perspective view?

I use a single perspective view most of the time.

lets say i have some objects spread around the workspace, and i want to zoom in on the object in the top left corner.

Select all, F, select object, F. But that's not the point. I want the dolly tool to respect what I'm trying to get closer to (or away from), not change my point of interest. To me it looks like the focus-shifting behaviour is only due to an implementation oversight. You don't get this in any other software.

Thanks for the implementation in build 1150, Steve. Vastly appreciated.

I'm not familiar at all with how its handled in wings 3d

Wings is different in that only one component type is selectable at a time. Here's what happens.
Edges to faces:


Edges to vertices:


Faces to vertices:


Faces to edges:


Vertices to faces:


Vertices to edges:

I tried an alternate To Edges behavior where any it also selected edges with a selected point. However this seemed to select too much.

I'd say this is the better behaviour. One obvious use is when you want to run a loop through a "star" formation of edges: select a point, convert to edges, connect with j. Right now "points to edges" does nothing.

I'm a little bit confused here. It  actually does still happen with p to g and  e to g  It grows every time you go from e to g. and from p to g.

I think Steve is referring to pressing the same mode key repeatedly. The fact that the selection grows when you alternate the modes is logical and actually useful.

Steve, perhaps you would consider handling conversions from single-type and mixed-type selections differently?