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clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 04 Dec 2010, 00:09

Interactive script for creating 3D or 2D rectangular or 1D linear arrays in workspace. It works by copy of the selection to the point locations of an invisible cube.

http://www.clintons3d.com/plugins/trues ... index.html"

Tiles · Post by **Tiles** » 04 Dec 2010, 07:41

Cool. Can this be redone to become a Workspace version of the Point Clone Object? This object places predefined objects at selected vertices of a target object

LeonRegis · Post by **LeonRegis** » 04 Dec 2010, 16:09

That great, and the circular array? I really love that one

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 04 Dec 2010, 17:04

You guys are reading my mind.

I think I just figured a way to do radial a few minutes ago. Wish me luck.

Tiles · Post by **Tiles** » 04 Dec 2010, 17:54

Luck

LeonRegis · Post by **LeonRegis** » 05 Dec 2010, 00:06

Good Luck!

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 05 Dec 2010, 02:46

The radial array is looking good. It will create an array in the x,y or z directions and it's interactive like the grid array script. It needs some improvements since it's jumpy and I'd like to add some of the modelside features to it.

I've finally figured out how to work with the pivot node which was necessary for this to work the way I wanted it to(interactively without having to resort to c ). To program for the pivots you have to save the pivot world position before rotating and then get the difference between the old pivot and the new pivot positions after the rotation. Then apply the difference in position to the Matrix translation.

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clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 06 Dec 2010, 03:34

Here's a test of the point clone tool.
Right now it will copy with a random object from the selection and randomly scale the copies.

Tiles · Post by **Tiles** » 06 Dec 2010, 07:56

Go Go Go

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 13 Dec 2010, 03:57

Another update for the Point Clone tool. I got the vertex normals squared away and got some random options for position and rotation. On the left is the normal aligned clones and on the right the clones maintain their original orientations. I made the mistake of trying to work with the workspace pivot system instead of around it and wasted a bit of time there. It's pretty close to done now.

Tiles · Post by **Tiles** » 13 Dec 2010, 10:14

Learning is never wasted time

Looking forward to the finished version

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 08 Jul 2015, 02:43

Update:

copy original object instead of moving it into the array
replace with selection button
name of grid taken from the original selected mesh
UI cleanup

http://clintons3d.com/plugins/truespace ... array.html"

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 25 Sep 2019, 04:05

Update September 2019

new version "Grid Array 2"

works pretty much the same way, most changes are internal making it more responsive and reliable and fixing one minor error that can occur
Replace Object renamed to Replace Array Element
new Select Array Element combined with Open in Link Editor buttons for interactively changing the orientation of the base mesh
Select Control Mesh renamed to Select Array Rotator
new Reset Array Rotation to zero out the Array Rotator rotations
new select all but one option for Disband Array which selects all the array elements as a first step to boolean merge them into a single mesh

http://clintons3d.com/plugins/truespace ... array.html

the old version was moved to here:
http://clintons3d.com/plugins/truespace ... y_old.html

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 25 Sep 2019, 20:12

In the process of checking out...
I notice that your installer does not removed the old version.

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I incorporated it into the update here:
viewtopic.php?t=3732

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 25 Sep 2019, 23:12

trueBlue wrote: 25 Sep 2019, 20:12 In the process of checking out...
I notice that your installer does not removed the old version.
...

Yep, that's true. When I started it didn't have all the capabilities of the old version and then it suddenly did almost by accident.
FYI I started the same style of update for the Radial Array script and the conversion is going faster than expected (so far).

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 26 Sep 2019, 02:12

Okay, let me know and I will add it.

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 11 Oct 2019, 21:03

At your website:

After conversion to a group object you can right click the nodes title bar to enter panel edit and immediately right click again and choose Reset.

Do you mean Make Default verses Reset?

Unintended use but if you select Select Array Element and Replace Array Element, you will get an error.
How would you use Select Array Element?

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 12 Oct 2019, 00:42

trueBlue wrote: 11 Oct 2019, 21:03 At your website:
After conversion to a group object you can right click the nodes title bar to enter panel edit and immediately right click again and choose Reset.
Do you mean Make Default verses Reset?

Unintended use but if you select Select Array Element and Replace Array Element, you will get an error.
How would you use Select Array Element?

Reset, otherwise you end up with a bunch of crap that doesn't do anything.

"Unintended use", that' funny. If I update/fix in the future I'll take that into account.

After Select Array Element, you rotate or scale and all the copies follow. It uses a watch dog so "Open in Link Editor" may be needed.

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 12 Oct 2019, 01:31

Okay now I see Reset, you have to be in the Default aspect and not in the Exp aspect or Minimized state.
If you do as you say and right click the title bar, Reset is not available.

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 12 Oct 2019, 05:06

trueBlue wrote: 12 Oct 2019, 01:31 Okay now I see Reset, you have to be in the Default aspect and not in the Exp aspect or Minimized state.
If you do as you say and right click the title bar, Reset is not available.

For the changes you made to the script I would say convert from icon to minimized, then choose the default aspect, then "right click the nodes title bar to enter panel edit and immediately right click again and choose Reset"
On my version the extra first 2 steps aren't needed because it doesn't start with an icon appearance.

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 12 Oct 2019, 14:29

Fixed.

Saul · Post by **Saul** » 20 Apr 2023, 14:52

I am having problems with Grid Array and look At.
Reset Default Context
Load Cube and Cone
Make grid array of Cone, 2 x X.
Have array Look At Cube.
Array move follows Target, Target move follows Array.
Delete array
Make Grid Array of Cone, 2 x X, 2 x Y
Have array Look At Cube.
One Cone stays put, Array/Target move correctly
Delete Array
Have original Cone Look At Cube
Make Grid Array of Cone, 2 x X, 2 x Z
Cones are arrayed correctly and moving them follows Target
Move Target and only the original Cone follows

I am trying to set up a Light Grid Array to follow a Character, i was hoping to automate it with Look At.

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 20 Apr 2023, 15:21

Saul wrote: 20 Apr 2023, 14:52 I am having problems with Grid Array and look At.
Reset Default Context
Load Cube and Cone
Make grid array of Cone, 2 x X.
Have array Look At Cube.
Array move follows Target, Target move follows Array.
Delete array
Make Grid Array of Cone, 2 x X, 2 x Y
Have array Look At Cube.
One Cone stays put, Array/Target move correctly
Delete Array
Have original Cone Look At Cube
Make Grid Array of Cone, 2 x X, 2 x Z
Cones are arrayed correctly and moving them follows Target
Move Target and only the original Cone follows

I am trying to set up a Light Grid Array to follow a Character, i was hoping to automate it with Look At.

I see it, but it's not a problem with the array script. You just found a trueSpace bug. 3D groups don't work properly with look at. Some kind of bug fix is needed for it...

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 20 Apr 2023, 15:51

Look At does not work for groups
But you can Disconnect & Connect the OwnerMatrix from the Transform to the LookAt2
Seems kind of wonky though!

Seems best to not use LookAt on a group as it only works with one object.
So, I would use LookAt for each light individually before grouping.
Then group the Lights.
If you want the grouped lights to follow the object, hook up the object's WldMatrix to the grouped light's OwnerMatrix
Here is an example:

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 22 Apr 2023, 04:51

A little update.

I investigated the Look At tool and it is not possible to fix it. However it can be fixed after the fact. I've tested a script that will work with group objects and multiple selections. It would need to be run after the look at tool completes it's operations. So if a group or multi-selection is detected a panel will need to open so the script can be run by a button press. No way to automatically do it. The script will not work with the grid or radial array objects. They would need to be disbanded into ordinary groups.
One note about group object is that the origin needs to be moved to the middle of the group. The Origin tool takes care of that.

The Un Look At is mostly done. The script works with multiple selections and it now also works with parented objects. Last thing is to make it work with group objects.

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 23 Apr 2023, 03:22

Enhanced Look At scripts.
Works with group objects.
Works with multiple selections.
Does not work with array objects. Disband them first.

If a group or multiple items are selected when starting the look at, the look at panel will open.
Select the target like normal, but
Then press the "Fix Group/Multi - Selection" button

Un look at will also work with multiple selections and groups.

Replace the node found here:
"/Scripts/UUCommands/Look At - Utilities"

Reset Default Context to revert to the old look at.

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 26 Apr 2023, 05:26

Updated to be compatible with UU widget based lookat scripts.

Replace the node found here:
"/Scripts/UUCommands/Look At - Utilities" with "Look At - Utilities108"

Replace "/Widgets/Tools/Look At" with "Look At102"

The Post process fix is automatic now, so no need to press a button or open a panel to complete the look at process.

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 27 Apr 2023, 03:21

Changed to prevent a user from attempting to have an object look at itself.

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