Tagged 'instance'

Everybody who have imported large amount of data from any cad system know that it normally kills the instancing. The intention of this script is to find geometrically identical nodes and instance them. This script will of course work if someone have used copy instead of instance in a scene and wants them instanced instead.

Added 2015:
I'm happy to see that so many have tried out my Sunday hack that I made 5 years ago...but as it was only something to do for a Sunday its not really something I support. I would love to, but my daytime job takes all my time ;-)

-- Copy by Click
-- V1.0

-- How it works?
-- 1. Select objects
-- 2. Execute CopybyClick
-- 3. Click to make a instance of selection
-- 4. ESC or rightclick to cancel

------------------------ THE CODE ------------------------

macroScript CopybyClick
category:"AGGTools"
buttonText:"CopybyClick"
tooltip:"Copy by Click"

(

fn CopyClick =
try
(
maxOps.cloneNodes $ cloneType:#instance newNodes:&nnl
select nnl
Sel=selection
p = point pos:Sel.center
p.pos.z = 0
ClickPos = pickPoint snap:#2D ()
ArrayFiltroGroupHead = #()

This simple scripts allows you to instance some or all modifiers of an object into large number of objects.

- just pick the source object

- select the modifiers that are going to be instanced. Press CTRL for multiple selection.

- select target objects

- Hit to the INSTANCE MODIFIERS

version history:

version 0.5

-Selected objects automatically will be added to the target list.

Scatter a list of objects across a surface, you can make them randomly change the scale, rotation and tilt. For example placing trees, plants, rocks, etc.