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erilaz
08-21-2007, 12:43 PM
Hi guys,

When doing modelling, the biggest pain I find is accidently pulling those centre verts and getting gaps or flaws in my symmetry modifier. Even when tweaking areas of other models, you sometimes get the verts out of alignment.

The problem is that the make planar button averages a line of verts, which pulls everything out of alignment, so that was the purpose of making this tool.

This tool finds the majority of verts on the same axis point in an editable poly, then aligns the 'lesser" points to that majority value, which in short means it pulls the rogue verts back where they were supposed to be!:)

It's nothing big or exciting, and it may even have been done before, but I wanted to hand it out for some stress testing. This is by no means tested thoroughly, so use it at your own risk.

I hope you find it useful!
Gravey
08-21-2007, 01:31 PM
Wouldnt it be easier to use makePlanar and then just move the verts to an axis or to the symetry modifier's world space axis position?

I dont want to sound like a kill-joy. Free scripts for the community are always welcome, I'm just critiquing. Perhaps there is something about your script I'm not getting?
erilaz
08-21-2007, 01:47 PM
In theory yes. :)

But it's also for when you've modified a building for example, but have accidently tweaked the wrong verts across a wall. You can pop them back in without having to work out where the position of the other verts in the line lie. It doesn't work off the zero axis, rather from the planar position of the majority of the vertices. If your z-position of a rooftop is mainly 29.37, you don't want to have to go in and type that if you could just click a button and be done with it. It basically saves you a click or two. :D

Like I said, a minor hassle-saver. You certainly can go in and planar the verts then pop them to the zero-point if you're in symmetry, but this tool is more to handle verts across a broader range of modelling, including the latter.

No joy to kill, merely an evening of pondering. :)
Gravey
08-21-2007, 01:59 PM
Ah yes, that clears everything up. Thanks for the info - and the script.
It would indeed be 'a minor hassle-saver' :)
erilaz
08-22-2007, 03:12 AM
Ah yes, that clears everything up. Thanks for the info - and the script.
It would indeed be 'a minor hassle-saver' :)

Yeah, this is what I do when I have a slow evening and a whimsical notion in my head. Sad, huh? :D
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