I did something similar about 4 years ago for a project that wend nowhere. The data where read from a heightmap image, scaled to the correct size, and imported into Moi by a script.

Cant find that script right now, but even if i could it was nothing more than a quick hack so not really useful for anyone but me.


Dinos

Height Map by Max SMirnov
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=7547.25

dinos,

Wow, that's cool. What is the purpose of the back end stuff? Is this supposed to be some sort of socket plug in component? Thanks for sharing :-)

Hi Michael,

Checked out your Randomize Script.

Created an array of 10mm cubes 30 x 30 = 900 cubes in all. Set it to randomize height only between 5-10mm.

Tested on my Mac Mini i5 (not terribly fast). Older version took just over 75 seconds.

New version < 1 second. Not bad for optimization :-)

For the fun! ;)

Thanks Frenchy.. Didn't know JPP had a random feature. Interesting!

Hi Chipp, that turned out great!

- Michael

Thanks Chipp!

This was really just a fun project, a sort of an 8bit version of the classic Pin Art Game :-)
Here is a photo of the physical, 3D printed version.

Pilou, this was done a few years before Max's script.
The principle is the same though, and it would be relatively easy to modify Max's script to perform a similar job to my lost script.

Dinos

I can't seemed to get the Randomize script to work. Message reads: Can't find variable: Randomize like 1 1:>>Randomize

Any thoughts what I maybe doing wrong here. I believe I installed it correctly.

Hi Mike, please see reply over here: http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=5416.47

You'll definitely only get that particular error message if it's not installed correctly - either the files are not in the commands folder where MoI is looking for them (in which case as a last resort it tries to run the text content as script code), or your keyboard shortcut is not set up properly like if it reads script:Randomize (the script: prefix tells MoI to execute the following as direct script code) instead of just plain Randomize.

The error means the script engine tried to run the plain text "Randomize" as script code.

- Michael

Hello Michael Gibson and everyone,

Your SelectIntersected script is very close to my V4 wish-list item for a lasso type selection marquee.
I have attempted to generalize it a bit to work on items other than solids.
I have had success using this new version to organize the result output from Max Smirnov's wonderful _RadialPattern script.

My hope is that someone might take a look at the attached script and improve on my feeble attempt.
Also, a better name for the script might be appropriate.

Best regards to all,
-- Mindset

Hi Mindset, could you describe a little more about what problems you're running into with your script currently? I mean what is it that you are looking to improve in it?

I'm a little confused as to whether you need help with something in the script or if you're posting it so that others can use it?

- Michael

Thank you Michael,

I am happy for others to use it, definitely of course.
I do not know if it needs improvement or not, but of course any improvement always makes things better (by definition).
I am not sure if we have naming conventions for these things... for example the script name RotateObjects seems inconsistent with that of ScaleIndividual, but their functionality is analogous.

I am just trying to cooperate as best I can; wishing I could do more.
If I were the king of Norway you really would get the Nobel prize.

-- Mindset

Hi Mindset, no problem, I just wasn't sure if you were looking for help with something specific.

Thanks for making your version available to others! I don't worry much about what the scripts are named.

- Michael