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Newstream
06-13-2005, 10:43 PM
Hi Guys,

Got a question about arraying along splines.
In this example, the posts of a perimeter fence are arrayed along a spline but half of them end up upside down. Any ideas why this happens?
(Its a pain to have to manually go in and correct the rotation of each post )
As usual, any tips appreciated :)

Kind regards / Alex

http://photos14.flickr.com/19193743_7e2cd0e3c2_o.gif
Rantin Al
06-14-2005, 12:58 AM
Make sure that the Keep Parallel option in the Arrange menu is checked.

Cheers, Al.
Rantin Al
06-14-2005, 02:00 AM
A little amendment. :hmm:

I tried this with different flavours of path types and the parallel option 'fixes' the flip overs with a Cubic spline, but this will make the picket fence a bit wonky.
Use a B-spline. Bezier or Linear instead to get the proper alignment and orientation.

This nearly drove me nuts so I'm off for a coffee. :argh:

Cheers, Al.
Newstream
06-14-2005, 12:00 PM
Gosh, thanks Al !

To be honest this has also been driving me nuts which is why I posted this as a last resort.
I'll fire up the old machine and try again.
Thanks again! :thumbsup:
// Alex
Rantin Al
06-14-2005, 02:35 PM
No problem, Alex. (Ha!)

The first quickie I tried, the posts went all over the place. When I tried it again I couldn't repeat the effect. It took a bit of twiddling until I realised that I had used a different spline.

Anyway, sorting out problems is a good way to learn. :beer:
Cheers, Al.
tobala75
06-14-2005, 08:39 PM
Noob Question:
How do you array along a spline?

peace :>
policarpo
06-14-2005, 09:38 PM
If you have Jenna, you could use it to align and array to a spline.

http://www.policarpo.us/samples/jenna.jpg
Newstream
06-14-2005, 10:12 PM
Now thats a good tip!
Thanks Policarpo :thumbsup:

tobala75, It's on page 501 (R8.5 manual) and found in the functions menu
good luck!

// Alex
tobala75
06-15-2005, 06:39 PM
thank you!
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