30th October 2004, 06:28 PM | #1 |
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Alinening grouped objects
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Im trying to aline a group to the x,y,z so that the space between the objects in this group is a certains amount of distance.. The only trick sofar i playing with the grid and nearsnap...but that a lot of work... Any suggestions? Regards, Norman. |
31st October 2004, 05:32 AM | #2 |
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How about reading the sizes and moving the objects e.g. Press ">" near Size-to. Calculate the offset you want from the numbers. Move the objects both to the same point. and then shift them by the offset.
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31st October 2004, 06:06 AM | #3 |
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Hello Andy,
First of all , great program, happy to have registered it ;-) Still trying to get the objects alined...no result... (I cant get them alined...) Perhpas if i explain you have a quicker tip...? I.e. Just make 5 Boxes and put then aside in the XY..(not alined) and these 5 boxes i want to have alined with a space between them of i.e. 5 on XYZ. So actualy a straight aline on the Xas. top..bottom and depth...all the same... Greetings, Norman. |
31st October 2004, 06:41 AM | #4 |
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Hi Norman,
Use tools->replicator. Set the distance to width of box plus the distance you want between e.g. if you want five 1x1x1 boxes 0.5 apart, set distance to 1.5. Andy |
31st October 2004, 07:01 AM | #5 |
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Hello Andy,
Yes the replicator works.. But what if the objects are not all cubes? and i still want them all to be alined between/on an Y-max and/or Y-min ? Regards, Norman. |
31st October 2004, 07:28 AM | #6 |
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aha - this is what you'll need to do.
Press > for size-to - read the size and calculate half of the dimension you want to align to. e.g. if height(y) is 10, calculate 5. Click on > next to move-to and replace the position with the half size you calculated e.g. put 5 in the y box - press move to. Andy |
31st October 2004, 07:51 AM | #7 |
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Thanks got it :-)
One more question... i just did it per individual object.. is it possible to select all objects and then move them in the alined position? I feel like a rooky '-) Regards, Norman. |
31st October 2004, 08:21 AM | #8 |
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You'll need to do one object at a time, unless they are the same size.
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