Geometry projection

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Description

"Geometry projection" projects one or several objects or it's vertex selection on another along global or local x,y or z axis.

How it works

There are two ways of working with a script:

1. Run "Geometry projection". Select one or several objects you want to project, select relief object. Press needed X,Y or Z button. 2. Select at first object which will be projected, then select relief object. Run  "Geometry projection", script will automatically choose object and relief. Press needed X,Y or Z button. 

  Script moves object's vertexes to relief  surface. If surface not found, then vertex moves to pivot x,y or z coordinate. After that script adds Editable poly modifier to object's Modifier stack which contains all changes.
  Careful, script works not right with not changed standard primitives. So you can simply apply edit poly modifier or for example change sphere radius before using script.
  Script uses pivot point as "zero point" of the object. So it's better to place object's pivot point as close as possible to surface along current projection axis but within objects bounding box limits. You can use "Easy pivot" tool to do this.

 

Setup

1. Download and unzip "geometry_projection_setup_archive.zip". 2. For right installation in Windows 7 you need admin rights to change the "Scripts"  folder , which is located in the root folder of 3ds Max. To get these rights do this: right-click on the folder "Scripts", select "Properties", then in the "security" set full access to the current user. 3. After receiving administrator rights on "Scripts"  folder  changing, just drag and drop " geometry_projection_setup.mzp" in the 3ds Max window. In the case of a successful installation, this screen appears:
This means that the script was successfully installed.  Now you can run it via "Scripts collect" tool or go to: Customize > Customize User Interface... > Toolbars > Category: "Tools", find the list " geometry_projection" and drag you to a convenient toolbar.

 

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harumscarum's picture

и еще мысль

а можно так что если по очереди выделив два объекта и запустив скрипт первый выделенный проецируется по оси Z на второй. в таком случае можно обойтись без интерфейса, впрочем это уже отдельный скрипт, но уверен он будет использоватся в 90% случаев
еще раз огромное спасибо )

grover_gol's picture

Re: небольшое пожелание

Рад, что скрипт понравился. О таком порядке работы я тоже думал. Теперь точно так и сделаю.

harumscarum's picture

отличный скрипт!

очень выручил! спасибо
есть одно небольшое пожелание - если при запуске скрипта выделен какой либо объект то он сразу становится проецируемым (не нужно кликать на нем в Object)

grover_gol's picture

re:is that world space

Script works in world coordinate system. Local coordinate system will be able in the next version.

mLichy's picture

Very cool script! I did find

Very cool script!

I did find an issue though. I know you mentioned it works off of the pivot. But is that world space? It seems like it?

Maybe have an option if possible to work on World or Local Space. I rotated a Cylinder above a sphere and tried to conform them (verts), and they were not placed properly and were offset from the surface.

Matt Lichy - 3D Artist
http://www.matthewlichy.com

kimarotta's picture

Yeah... is a very good

Yeah... is a very good script... and thanks for share.... but, share with us some ideas about this script ...

kimarotta.com.br
3d Artist  

br0t's picture

Cool thing :) Would you share

Cool thing :) Would you share some thoughts on how you do this? Cheers

Never get low & slow & out of ideas

titane357's picture

Thanks, very nice one !!!

Thanks, very nice one !!!

TomMitchell's picture

Thank you very very much!

This is a dream come true for me as I do a lot of modeling and this is a perfect addition to my tools!
Thanks again for sharing with us all.
:-)
Tom AKA Dreamland Models

I am so far behind, I can see the back of my head!

artrager's picture

Simply Brilliant!

I have always wished there was an easy way to do this. Now there is! I'm sure I will use this all of the time. Thank you so much!

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