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    • M Offline
      mamattos
      last edited by

      Does anybody know how to "drop" objects onto a curved surface, normal like in blue axis? I have a fence with 900+ components and drape function would be so poor, it would take me so much time moving all the components down so they would suit the curved face. Maybe there is a plugin that I don't know? πŸ˜’

      Any help would be welcome! Thanks

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      • JQLJ Offline
        JQL
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        http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=465353#p465353

        You can define the axis you want and the blue is as good as any other.

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        • pilouP Offline
          pilou
          last edited by

          Maybe Flowify can help you ? πŸ˜„
          Of course objects can be pasted on the first surface!
          And of course Target surface is your terrain! πŸ˜‰

          Just understand first how it's working!

          After 900 objects take maybe some times depending of the complexity
          of objects and terrain! πŸ˜„

          (Sorry My list of plugins is so big that you can't see Flowify inside! πŸ’š

          flow1.gif

          http://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?id=129748

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
            last edited by

            @JQS
            Depending if user want objects deformed or not ! πŸ˜„
            It's not explicit! πŸ˜„

            @unknownuser said:

            all the components down so they would suit the curved face

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            • JQLJ Offline
              JQL
              last edited by

              @pilou said:

              @JQS
              Depending if user want objects deformed or not ! πŸ˜„
              It's not explicit! πŸ˜„

              @unknownuser said:

              all the components down so they would suit the curved face

              Then the user can choose πŸ˜„

              However I bet with you a DUH moment, that this is something that won't bend, probably vegetation. If we are really lucky it's crowd!

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              • BoxB Offline
                Box
                last edited by

                I like Throw to also but here's a few more options.
                Raytracer http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=tt_raytracer
                Smart Drop http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=smartdrop

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                • pilouP Offline
                  pilou
                  last edited by

                  I was thinking to some plane's fields on complex surface! πŸ˜„

                  http://www.platform-motion.pro/motion/sites/platform-motion.pro.motion/files/034_xtumilan_a3.jpg

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                  • JQLJ Offline
                    JQL
                    last edited by

                    I like how you think Pilou!

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                    • M Offline
                      mamattos
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                      @pilou said:

                      Maybe Flowify can help you ? πŸ˜„
                      Of course objects can be pasted on the first surface!
                      And of course Target surface is your terrain! πŸ˜‰

                      Just understand first how it's working!

                      After 900 objects take maybe some times depending of the complexity
                      of objects and terrain! πŸ˜„

                      (Sorry My list of plugins is so big that you can't see Flowify inside! πŸ’š

                      [attachment=0:3eki0qg6]<!-- ia0 -->flow1.gif<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3eki0qg6]

                      http://sketchucation.com/forums/download/file.php?id=129748

                      That would make some distortions on the objects dropped, as seen on the gif, wouldnt it? Dispite the distortion, thanks for the tip, I will propably use it someday soon!! I ended up finding a plugin called PathCopy, it was able to copy all the fences along the terrain, had to make a polyline with BezierSpline to make it happen though, or it wouldnt work the way I wanted it to...
                      Well thank God I had to make only some moves instead of 900+ πŸ˜‰
                      Thanks, again!

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                      • JQLJ Offline
                        JQL
                        last edited by

                        A fence!? Really!?

                        You were way closer after all Pilou!

                        Is it enough for the Duh Thread for me?

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                          pbacot
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