Hi everyone.

I haven't found any good way to perform the "distribution and replication" of a bunch of objects along a target curve with Max's "Scatter" script family,
but maybe I did something wrong.

Anyway, speaking about the standard manual way, and not the Nodeeditor way, I've found a good solution using these bunch of commands/scripts :

UnwrapCurve, move, arraycurve, Flow, PointToMultiBolundsCenter (a simple script that places a point to a bounding box's center of an object).

This is the example video tutorial (112 MB, you can download it or view in streaming) : http://take.ms/fbBCt

See you.

< if you don't use the "Rigid" option of the Flow command
Yes it's for that my Spheres are not Ellipsoïd 3D! ;)
Ps and the first time i use rigid! :)

There is cool but semi manual method for distribute as you want some Objects
Moveslicetopoint! :)

http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=2749.36

Thanks for the tip Pilou, but for what I remember about Moveslicetopoint, it's not meant to be used for distribution of objects along a path curve.

It's for other purposes.

Anyway, thanks for the reminder and I'm glad to know that my latest video tutorial was useful for you :)

Bye!

Hi,

Thanks for taking the time to cook this Michael, works A-1.
Excellent Ideal Pilou about the fixed distance, thanks Marco !

I would definitely see these options in the align panel, just as a button that unfold the options once you press it.
Perhaps randomize command would also be nice to have in there too!

-Happy camper

Hey Marco,

The link no longer works... do you still have the file set?
If so, would you post them both here please?

Thanks,
Mindset

Hey Mindset,
Frenchy has archives too... see this post from a couple back....

https://moi3d.com/forum/lmessages.php?webtag=MOI&msg=8503.21

Thank you BurrMan and Pilou,

Translated into English via Microsoft Translator

Many Thanks.
Mindset

Hi Michael,

I wonder if you can modify this script like this:

1. You have several objects selected.
2. You call the command.
3. It is asking you to set the distribution distance either by a numeric distance or by picking the desired point location, from the first to the last one, something like in image Alignment procedure.
4. The objects are evenly distributed within that distance.

Thanks,
Marek

Hi Marek, if you can post a .3dm model file with an example of before and after it was applied that would help me to make sure I understand what you are asking for.

- Michael

Hi Michael,

Here you go, first you have a default spacing of the letters (52,7):
#1.

Now I need these letters to be evenly distributed on the 85,6 distance, so I move there the last letter:
#2,

and then apply the script you provided already:
#3.

I'm asking for one command procedure to get this thing.

Marek

Hi Marek, thanks for the example file.

I've updated the Distribute command at:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=8503.13

It now has a "Set length" checkbox option and if you set it, a "Length" field will appear where you can enter in an overall length value.

- Michael

That's it.

Thank you Michael,
Marek

Seems there is a glitch on your new command Distribute when you define a length!

Cubes are 10 * 10 * 10 !
At the end there are all on the same place! ???

Hi Pilou,

re:
> Seems there is a glitch on your new command Distribute when you define a length!

It looks like you're giving it an invalid length, your length is shorter than the width of the objects.

The command is for distributing objects with even spacing between them across a length. If your length is less than the total width of the objects then it is not possible to do that.

- Michael

If the distribution length is 1/3 of one object width it looks like this, so another option would be picking the distance instead of putting in numerical value.
And watching how it changes, before the final click.

Hi Pilou,

re:
> Cubes are 10 * 10 *10 !

Then your length should be a minimum of 30 for 3 such cubes to be able to fit with 0 space between them. As you go larger than 30 then there will be spacing added between them.

- Michael

< As you go larger than 30 then there will be spacing added between them.

OK ! Was not evident at first view! :)
Confusion (for me) between "on a length" and "absolute distance" between object...
that is an another one existing...

It could be another 1D Scale but limited to the Distance not the objects.

Hi Michael,

Is it a big deal to have in MoI a Scale option as in ScalePositions in Rhino?
Situation when you have several objects and you want to scale a space between them not the objects?
In Rhino it is even a polar option for objects arrayed circular.

Marek