Hi DesuDeus, give the attached Randomize plug-in a try.

To install it, unzip and copy it to the \commands sub-folder. That will then make a new command available named Randomize, and you can set up a keyboard shortcut to launch it press tab and type in the name Randomize and push enter.

It will let you do a combination of random movement, rotation, and scaling on the selected objects. When it's calculating you will see things come through in waves, with all movement done first, then the rotation then the scaling after that, so don't worry when you don't see any rotation or scaling on the very first pass through.

Here's an example:







Hope it helps! There may be some bugs, I've only very quickly put it together.

- Michael

EDIT: Updated randomize.zip with a new version, some details on new functions later in this thread here:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=5416.24

EDIT 9/10/2016 : Updated randomize.zip with another new version to speed it up.

EDIT 2/13/2022: Updated randomize.zip with new version to get undo to work with it.

Made a "diamond" shape.

Tried to do a rotation script, by modifying the older RotateObjects script, and adding in random angles,
but am unable to delete the original diamond, due to being a poor programmer/ not understanding. :-)


I'll have to read Michaels now.

Edit: I removed my flawed script. It also contained rotation about the Top, Front, and Right frames, as well as
factory.calculate() to further process the modified object, but is much cruder and limited than Michaels.
Note that using factory.calculate causes the original object to remain in the geometry database, so that it must be
removed by a line of code, if no longer wanted... Still a good learning experience.

Hi Brian, we just posted some new messages at the same time, so just a heads up you might not have seen my new one above, that one should be a good example to check out for this kind of stuff.

> but am unable to delete the original diamond

If you know the object that you want removed you can call moi.geometryDatabase.removeObject( obj ) to take it out of the geometry database so that it won't be part of the regular model on the screen anymore.

- Michael

Need to upload your new script :-)

Hi DesuDeus, also note that this does not do anything specifically along a spline, but the general idea is make the array along the spline in the regular way, then use this new Randomize command to perturb it.

- Michael

Thank you Michael.

Hi Brian, ooops yup that helps if I actually attach it! :) I've put it there on that previous message now, thanks for the heads up!

- Michael

Wow guys, this is the best support forum of all time.

I post my problem and Michael make a script for when I wake up... Amazing !

Frankly you're saving my life because I need to finish that version for later today aha

My manual workflow (before the randomize script) was:

- Generate the particles in Cinema 4D
- Render white diamonds on black background in huge resolution
- Vectorize in Illustrator
- Use the rebuild command in MoI 3D for cleanup
- Manual cleanup
- Planar
- Trim to the size of the shop window
- Export back to Cinema 4D and render with the whole scene


I need to say that the rebuild curve command is just amazing !

Thanks Michael and Bemfarmer for your help :)

By the way I'm working for Moet & Chandon at 90% in MoI 3D, can't post what I do now but I will as soon as I'm allowed to !

Also at work we're about to buy three or four MoI 3D licenses because I showed them how cool it was :D

now that's a pretty sexy script. i love the sequential parameter thingy!

thank you,
marco

I'm liking these 'random' scripts you cook up Michael, thanks! now just to manage them all with that script manager/popup thingy that we're all waiting for ;)

They've already cloned a sheep, so all we need to do is get you over to the cloning clinc and get you cloned, how many of you would you need to help out with all the requests?

Or will Mrs G stop us, being married myself my wife would say, One Danny is enough! ;)

Cheers

Shapenoid

<< I post my problem and Michael make a script for when I wake up... Amazing>>

...i hope you'll send a bottle to Michael for Christmas...

great work !

M

Here is a Top View of an array of flat "diamonds," on which Michaels new script Randomize has been applied,
with a maximum angle of 55 degrees. This way edge on views are avoided.

I was going to claim that z axis rotations up to 180 be allowed, with y and x about 55 degrees, but upon reconsideration, am probably mistaken.
One think about randomized, is that the results are non-reproducible.

Very funny!
Will work fine also with Scale Array ;)

Hi DesuDeus, you're welcome and I'm glad that will be useful for you!

And congrats on the job with Moët & Chandon too, that sounds like some pretty cool work you've got lined up!

- Michael

Hi Danny,

> how many of you would you need to help out with all the requests?

I've got enough stuff lined up that I'm pretty sure I could keep at least 10 busy! :)

- Michael

This really made my day, I was searching for a quick way to make an abstract floor pattern...

Some small details:

Quick switch to enable/disable rotate, scale or move without clearing all fields

Undo doesn't work, a preview button maybe?

It could be nice to have xyz constraints on the scale factor like rotate and move, say you want to generate a landscape of buildings and have different heights.


Marc

""""""I've got enough stuff lined up that I'm pretty sure I could keep at least 10 busy! """"""""""

Send 1 on permanent vacation. Give 8 to JG. And leave 1 working here with us!

< Undo doesn't work, a preview button maybe?

Works for me ;)

Hi Marc, yup I thought about having a checkbox for a quick enable/disable of each section, and an "Update" button as well but I didn't think I would have enough time to finish those last night so they didn't make the initial cut.

I may be able to do some more work on it tonight to make some more refinements like that.

An x,y,z control for scaling should be feasible too, all good ideas!

- Michael

I've updated the Randomize.zip attachment on the previous message with a new version of Randomize:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=5416.5

New functions are a checkbox for each section so that you can disable a section by unchecking it without needing to reset all the values to null operations if you've already previously used Randomize in the same modeling session, and also x y z controls on the scaling to allow for either a uniform 3D scale, a 2D scale or a 1D scale only.

Also since there is non-uniform scaling now allowed I've changed the order to be Move, Scale, and then Rotate since doing a non-uniform scale will produce different results if you do it before the rotation as compared to after it:



Here's an example with only z scaling enabled:



- Michael