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Old 30th October 2004, 06:28 PM   #1
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Hello,

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?

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Old 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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Old 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.
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Old 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.

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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 ?

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Old 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.

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Old 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 '-)

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Old 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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