I think there might be something in Eric Mootz's emTools that does alignment to edges?
On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 7:22 PM, Morten Bartholdy <[email protected]> wrote: > I am tinkering with a simple method for creating a cityscape in ICE using > scatter tools. Julien Carmagnac SiScatter does most of what I need with > insetting instances from edges and even scattering, but I am missing one > important functionality. I need to be able to align the x or z axis of the > instances to the tangent of the closest border edge, and then add a little > randomization to the y rotations. I have looked deep into the compounds and > tried different ways to get the edge tangent, but alas my ICE skills come > up > short here. Any scattering tool would do I guess - Milan Vaseks Scatter > Tools or > even simple nonsimulated emissions, but I need this extra alignment > method. I > tried Juliens Generate instance on Curve too, but it requires edge curves > to be > selected and extracted, plus it seems the instances seem to be flipped 180 > deg > on the y-axis between isntances without any way to control it. > > I have attached a screenshot showing a simple test where the A example is > what I > need, and B is what I get with Generate instance on Curve. > > Any ideas on this will be much appreciated. > > Best > Morten > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >
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