topic Re: DISTRIBUTE ALONG CIRCLE in Modeling

DISTRIBUTE ALONG CIRCLE

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 12:10:06 GMT

Not had to do this before, so may be basic question.
Tried all the things I could think of but so far no go.

What I want to do is array/distribute square objects (in this case columns) along the circle path to the divisions I have set up, in this case 12, (although they don't show in this screen capture).
I also want them to maintain the orientation to the center of circle.
Is this possible without having to set each one individually?
thanks
lec

Re: DISTRIBUTE ALONG CIRCLE

Dwight — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:01:13 GMT

You can do it with objects in AC13, but not columns, yet.

But, it isn't so bad using the divisions trick.

Set divisions to 12 to get gravity nodes - placing is fairly quick.

Re: DISTRIBUTE ALONG CIRCLE

Dwight — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:02:25 GMT

Duh - read it wrong.

Just use multiply, rotate.

See this for details.

Re: DISTRIBUTE ALONG CIRCLE

Dwight — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:07:07 GMT

But you only need 11 copies, not 12.