[3Ds Max] Looking for a tool that evenly spaces objects on a selection of edges.

james swanson · Mar 2015

I remember hearing somewhere that in Max there was a tool that allowed you to 'paint' objects evenly on a selected edge loop, and the object would align to the normal of the surface you're painting on. I've looked through the object paint menus and can't find anything like this, other than the regular object paint tool with the spacing parameter. Just wondering if what I thought I heard was true or not. If anyone has an alternative to this kind of thing, I'd really appreciate it. I just need to place in a lot of bolts on the exterior of a helicopter and would like an efficient way of doing it.

Revel · Mar 2015

Hey man, what about Spacing Tools? but it distribute objects along spline, not edge. But then again, it's easy to create spline from edges.

james swanson · Mar 2015

Hmm, that's close! The only thing it doesn't seem to be able to do is align the objects by a surface normal, but it's close. I'll keep looking, thanks!

james swanson · Mar 2015

Found it! It's called "Advanced Paint" and it's a script someone wrote. You can find it here (Site is in Russian, but the program is in English).

This spaces it evenly and aligns it to the normal of the surface.

[3Ds Max] Looking for a tool that evenly spaces objects on a selection of edges.

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