object rotation according to a face normal

Submitted by MrGAG on Sat, 2007-11-10 18:13

hi ,

I want to make a script to lay down a collection of object on a noisy floor
I partially do this by definig a ray and position my object at the intersection. This part works well. My problem is rotation of my object.
I would like to find a way to rotate my object accordingly to a face normal, for my object is perfectly parellel to this face.

Does anybody have a clue ?

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Submitted by schaf82 on Fri, 2007-11-16 10:09.

Hallo MrGAG  If you open up

Hallo MrGAG

 If you open up your maxscript helpfile and look for

How do I align the UVW_Modifier's Gizmo to a selected face?

 your problems should get solved..

and since your intersectRay gives you the face_normal you shoudl have alle information you need

 maeh maeh

schaf

maeh maeh

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