Distribute grouped objects along edges

Submitted by thekevnn on Sun, 2013-01-06 03:48

hi. I'm stuck at trying to distribute grouped objects along a given objects edges. At first I thought it was similar as with the case of vertices but it turned out to be quite complicated.
Hope I was clear. Anyones help highly appreciated.

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Submitted by Yusuf_ES on Sat, 2017-01-07 00:30.

Thanks.

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Submitted by barigazy on Sun, 2013-01-27 15:29.

#2 example

And this is the thing that you asked

delete objects
numOfCopy = 8
obj = converttopoly (Box length:200 width:200 height:200 isselected:on wirecolor:black)
polyop.setEdgeSelection obj 8
max modify mode ; subobjectLevel = 2 ; max zoomext sel all
 
selEdge = (polyop.getEdgeSelection obj as array)[1]
edgVerts = polyOp.getEdgeVerts obj selEdge
a = for i = 1 to 2 collect (polyOp.getvert obj edgVerts[i])
theDir = normalize (a[2]-a[1])
theLength = (distance a[2] a[1])/(numOfCopy-1)
ball = sphere radius:5 pos:a[1]
for i = 1 to (numOfCopy-1) do
(
	ballCopy = copy ball
	ballCopy.pos += (i*theLength*theDir) 
	ballCopy.wirecolor = random black white
)

bga

Submitted by barigazy on Sun, 2013-01-27 15:25.

#1 example

In this example I use splineShape

delete objects
numOfCopy = 8
a = #([15,30,20], [200,300,500])
b = splineshape wirecolor:yellow
addnewspline b
for i = 1 to 2 do addKnot b 1 #corner #curve a[i]
updateshape b
theDir = normalize (a[2]-a[1])
theLength = (distance a[2] a[1])/(numOfCopy-1)
ball = sphere radius:5 pos:a[1]
for i = 1 to (numOfCopy-1) do
(
	ballCopy = copy ball
	ballCopy.pos += (i*theLength*theDir) 
)

bga

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