Blueprint Edit - Ability to Zoom In/Out

rldml · Post by **rldml** » Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:32 pm

I need this. +1

Jürgen Erhard · Post by **Jürgen Erhard** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:39 am

Let's give this a nudge, because I've wanted this for aaaaages.

SkiCarver · Post by **SkiCarver** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 11:55 pm

Agreed with the request for a zoom ... and also the ability to edit, even if that ability is limited (add/remove objects but without actual processing in the machines)

Tekillaa · Post by **Tekillaa** » Mon May 06, 2019 3:17 pm

Using "train station" Bp and more larger BP sometimes : +1

Qon · Post by **Qon** » Mon May 06, 2019 6:26 pm

Post by **ssilk** » Tue May 07, 2019 6:03 pm

I want to list my features of this suggestion:

instead of current “edit”-mode a real editor (technically placing blueprint on empty surface), like the blueprint-lab mod.
optionally: in that editor enable to stop time in the “real” world
optionally: like in blueprint lab mod, give player possibility to test the blueprint. Or make it at least simple modable, so that new blueprint-editor-features can be added
on that edit-surface give player the ability to place/delete any item she/he wants, instead of only delete/undelete
place and save any other blueprint from here
player on that surface works like in god-mode
optionally: during a game this surface doesn’t forget until you clean it. When you enter that surface without clearing, you appear at a new place, but your old constructions are still there.
optionally: provides mirroring-mode and helps solving problems with symmetry, provides shifting-mode for rails and shows/helps with those problems.
shows theoretical max. usage/production of electricity, max. Item production/usage, min. Standby power...
optionally: a mode to “write” letters down to the surface
control slice, what screenshot of the blueprint will be taken

Ghoulish · Post by **Ghoulish** » Tue May 07, 2019 6:47 pm

Here's a blueprint I was wanting to edit. Can't feasably be done, x number of years we'll all have implants in our eyes to zoom in no doubt, but I think adding the option to the game will be far quicker

This is a really needed feature

Pretty please <3

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SkiCarver · Post by **SkiCarver** » Wed May 29, 2019 6:36 pm

I want to tweak one constant combinator .... oh for a blueprint editor!!

Usul · Post by **Usul** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 4:19 pm

Oh, this feature was not added.

MassiveDynamic · Post by **MassiveDynamic** » Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:54 am

TL;DR

Blueprints are great; editing them is a hassle; zooming would help.

What ?

Once you create a blueprint, editing is quite tedious. It would help if it was possible to zoom in on a blueprint while you are editing.

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Why ?

In the image you can see my cousin's city block; it's wonderful, but it has a few small flaws that I can't see while holding the blueprint. I hope that I am not alone in this.

Thank you, whether or not this is considered.

Post by **ssilk** » Sun Feb 28, 2021 5:25 am

There is a vast cloud of ideas around a blueprint editor.

Optera · Post by **Optera** » Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:14 am

Would be quite easy if done similarly to tipps:
An edit button teleports into a world filled with lab tiles with the blueprint pre built
A Save button takes you back and saves the updated blueprint

Post by **ssilk** » Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:31 am

Well, there is a mod
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Blueprint-Editor
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Kux-BlueprintEditor
Dunno, how that works, but it looks more like a blueprint filter. And it makes me suspicious,that the second is marked as republished from the first.

And there was a mod
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Edit-Blueprints
I remember this one, that was, what we are talking about here, but it had real problems with bigger blueprints.

AdamK · Post by **AdamK** » Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:14 am

With big blueprints it is hard to remove things by hand. Zoom would help with that.

Post by **ssilk** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:00 am

it took me 5 seconds to find a similar thread, but 30 to merge that post into this older one — ssilk

foamy · Post by **foamy** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:13 am

Pan and zoom controls for blueprints would be a fantastic QoL change. Particularly if you're working with things like train stations or nuclear plants.

Optera · Post by **Optera** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:42 am

Merge with Thread from 2017?
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=50130

Post by **ssilk** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:42 am

merged also that thread into here

Thanks Optera!

(I remember I searched for “blueprint editor” instead of “blueprint edit*”.)

Arcani_Victus · Post by **Arcani_Victus** » Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:02 pm

I would like to second...15th? this idea. I have been working on a little factory blueprint for 160+ hours and this is one of a couple things I have found that would greatly improve the QoL when working with large blueprints.

oof2win2 · Post by **oof2win2** » Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:00 pm

I'd like for this to be added to the game. Just a bump since there has been no activity on this in a seemingly long time.

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