How to scatter?

[Voldron]

I have used max and I think you mean you want an object to be duplicated randomly on a surface. I don't know how but that should be more clear for some one who does know.

[FloydBishop]

Try Javier Solsona's script called scatterObject.

http://www.highend3d.com/files/search_submit.3d

I've used it a bunch in the past, and it does exactly what you've explained.

[helicopterr]

Depends on how many objects you want to be scattered. If you want alot of objects, the best way is to use particle instancer to scatter the object first, and then run a script that gets the location and rotation of each particle instance and duplicate the intended object at that location.

You just want to scatter something like a curve all over the place, which is what I understand from what you said, you can do a script that loops a duplicate command over and over a bunch of random parameters.

Hope I am making sense

[Datasage]

I wrote a scatter utility. It will scatter on a surface or a curve. I wrote a bunch of diffrent scatter algorithms so its not just random.

You can download it here:
http://theworldisgrey.com/mel/scScatter.zip

Or on highend 3d.

[shserge]

Thank you very much all, guys! I will try all you give. Though i'm not at all good in mel :( I can't do some of your advances. Today i decided, that I actually need scatter curve A along curve B, which (curve B) lies on the surface and curve A's dublicates need to point outside of surface like hairs. Datasage, it's great that it's possible to scatter along curve!! I will test it!

[kryoboy]

hmm, please show us what you have done with it.. i am intrested in its application with hair. thnx.

[shserge]

The application is simple - I try to do paintfx sistem. The goal is to create curves on surface - pathes, and hair-curves. So i want to do more pathes and more hair-curves to control more precisely. Currently it looks bad, - i did not enough hair-curves over the head, i'm afraid to show, you may not survive :) If the result be good, i'll show :)

[Nicool]

Or simply http://ndhaussy.free.fr/maya_object_spreading_article/

[shserge]

thank you, it's great article :)
btw, i found that it's fast to dublicate the hair-curve and using 'make live' for scalp to move curve. also it's possible to use make live for path-curve. :)

[mimo8]

Or simply http://ndhaussy.free.fr/maya_object_spreading_article/

wow!! great link ... good that I have passed by

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