Multi Copy Along a Path?
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Ok, ten points to whoever can answer this question ...
I need to copy a component along a path. This path is an un-uniform curve, not a circle or straight line. The instances need to be exactly 4" apart on a path that's 20 feet long.
How? Is there a plugin for this?
-- Joel -
Maybe path copy could do the job?
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Can you post "the path" as skp. What one does maybe a function of how you created it. IE if it is a crazy Bezier or??
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Joel it's something like the picture below that you're looking for? I've made it like this:
- Select all your curve and then weld it;
- Go to the "copy along path" plugin and choose "copy to path nodes";
- Select your welded path and then the component.
That's all. Sadly you can't control the rotation of the component I believe.
I've attached the SKP too.
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Here is my path and the component to copy. The curved path is broken up into short segments. Forget what I wrote about every 4".
This cube needs to repeated at every endpoint (about 120), with the x on the bottom of the cube centered on that endpoint. (And parallel to the line but I assume they'll have to be rotated manually.) I tried the Copy Along Path rb, but Copy to Path Nodes is not working for me. I got only 2 copies.
-- Joel
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Yes, something like that - but I need each cube centered exactly on an endpoint.
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And actually they are if I'm not wrong...Only rotated on the "original" xy axes.
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This is good ... Thanks!
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@massimo said:
Joel it's something like the picture below that you're looking for? I've made it like this:
- Select all your curve and then weld it;
- Go to the "copy along path" plugin and choose "copy to path nodes";
- Select your welded path and then the component.
That's all. Sadly you can't control the rotation of the component I believe.
I've attached the SKP too.
Is there an option to enter length value? for instance: I want the distance between the components to be 200cm.
I can see that in the right lower corner in SU appears "distance between: 305cm" but I'm unable to type my value. -
Sure, just use the "copy to spacing" option of the plugin: plugins-->copy along path-->copy to spacing-->input the desired distance-->select your path-->select your component.
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Thanks massimo,
But now I see new problem, the components located just at the vertexes/endpoints of the welded path and not at 200 cm distance.
Any idea why is this happening? -
Ah.. My bad. I used the "copy to path nodes" instead of the "copy to spacing".
Thanks a lot massimo for the quick response and the help. -
No problem, glad that helped.
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Hi Guys,
If I may say: - excuse me Rick
- PathCopy is outdated to do that sort of job.You may use now and very easily
[Plugin] Component Stringer UPDATED Nov. 16, 2009 by Chris Fullmer see some studies I'd made
in conjunction with the absolutely not outdated - thank you so much Rick
- Weld v.3.000 by Rick Wilson in order to weld segments in one curveand in conjuction with [Plugin] BezierSpline v1.3b - 31 Jan 10 by Fredo6 You will find in the context menu the possibility to translate curves in regularly segmented polylines
And Oh! Joël I had loved your movies
++simonlebon
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Sorry, but I don't understand your problem. The plugin has two options to choose from:
- "copy to path nodes" will place your components on every node of your path indipendently from the distance;
- "copy to spacing" will place your components each other at the input distance indipendently from the nodes.
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