Hi Crusoe,

See last paragraph in this message.

Petr

please.. if it is possible and if you put text option let us load fonts from different folder or device..not just C:win/fonts..

Hi JTP, i do know that there are other systems than just a 'layer' approach.
I also know that it has been discussed before.
To name a few others, there are also 'Hypergraphs' networks as in Maya, or scene trees, such as the C4d object manager, ( the later combined with the new Filter and Layer tools in C4d it is quite good for complex scenes).

However this is what would keep me at the moment from doing anything more than just playing around with moi.
To do any kind of serious work, I need some kind of system for scene management ( call it layers or whatever else you like).
See Crusoe's post as well, which is my point.

Also as I said it would be necessary, to me at least, to have a system that can read the layers from 3dm files, and that can output files that are organized in some fashion, as I would imagine MOI as part of a bigger pipeline.

okapi wrote:
Hi JTP, i do know that there are other systems than just a 'layer' approach.
I also know that it has been discussed before.
To name a few others, there are also 'Hypergraphs' networks as in Maya, or scene trees, such as the C4d object manager, ( the later combined with the new Filter and Layer tools in C4d it is quite good for complex scenes).

However this is what would keep me at the moment from doing anything more than just playing around with moi.
To do any kind of serious work, I need some kind of system for scene management ( call it layers or whatever else you like).
See Crusoe's post as well, which is my point.

Also as I said it would be necessary, to me at least, to have a system that can read the layers from 3dm files, and that can output files that are organized in some fashion, as I would imagine MOI as part of a bigger pipeline.


Yes, of course, I understand, all I wanted to say is that nothing can be done until the final decision because it will be a lot of work for nothing, if Michael has to change something later...

Function "Size" int the "Array" Function will be cool :)

re: Size for Array

Can you explain some more Pilou?

- Michael

<e: Size for Array

<Can you explain some more Pilou?

A factor of "expansion" of the model between each iteration

> A factor of "expansion" of the model between each iteration

As in the Scale command?

The part that is a little difficult with this is that scaling happens around a particular point, it would be a bit hard to give control over the center of scaling right now.

- Michael

Hi Pilou, I remembered that we talked about this before and I told you I would do a plugin for you to do this type of scaling.

So here you go!

To use this, unzip the attached file into the \commands folder, then add a keyboard shortcut for ScaleArray, for example:

[Shortcut Keys]
Alt+S=ScaleArray

To use the ScaleArray command, you use any array command, but make sure to include a single point object with the objects you are arraying. The point object will become the center of the scale for each array instance.

After you do an array, select the arrayed objects (and only the arrayed objects, so for example if you do an array curve make sure the path curve is _not_ selected), then do Alt+S (or whatever your shortcut key is).

This will allow you to scale the results of the array, like this:



The point objects will be removed after the ScaleArray command is finished.

Was that the kind of thing you had in mind?

- Michael

THX! Perfect for the moment :)
Very easy to use!
For all forms who have a progressive internal structure seems to me essential :)
And not as a plug ! (it's yet no so bad :D

And as always infinite possibilities!
As previous said a rafinement will be Size differential on X, Y, Z :)

Ps Seems the process less speed than other things?
Maybe because structure or order of the calculate is not natural as usual?

The plugin looks great... Is there any particular way of installing it?

No, no.... just unzip into the commands folder and that's all...this is not plugin but normal command... -Petr

Did that, where is the command?

ScaleArray command hasn't got a command button (icon); you have to assign
a keyboard shortcut to it unless you make a button yourself....just reread http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=275.109

Petr

Different tileable arrays/symmetry group settings. Hexagonal, etc.

Hi Michael,

Would it also be possible to have the option to "Import" an STL file?
It's just a thought, as we're able to "Export" an STL file in MoI.

regards Colin

re: import STL / OBJ

This is not very easy to do, since STL and OBJ contain faceted polygon geometry, not smooth NURBS geometry like MoI is set up to work with.

MoI exports to these formats by taking its smooth surface sheets and dicing them up into facets. But it is not easy to do the reverse and take facets and make smooth sheets out of them.

It's kind of like how you can chop up carrots to make a stew, but you can't easily take a stew and make carrots out of it...

Eventually it might be possible for me to add polygon mesh objects as a different type of geometry that you can work with inside of MoI. But it is difficult to add those and have the current toolset work with them (such as booleans and trims), so for a while I have focused on only providing smooth (NURBS) surfaces inside of MoI.

- Michael

About OBJ : no need face smoothed, only "ghost" points and edges of the structure :)

I would like to the options saved on a per file basis. Especially the grid options. I have some files depicting parts I need to fabricate for my boat. The snap size is very small and the accented is set to 3 (major dimensions of part are divisible by 3). Then again I have a couple of simple floor plans that I drew with the accented is set to 4 and snap size is a lot larger.

No matter what file you open, the options are set to whatever you were using the last time you had MOI open. So I have to write down all the data in the various option selection screens and set them accordingly when I open that particular file. Other wise by 16.5ft boat looks like a 12.5ft boat!