In need of a Maya plug-in

SnowInChina

Hey Folks,

i need a specific Maya Plug-in, maybe someone knows if there is something like that

the plug-in i need will be used for making seams on seats ( the stitching)

it needs to make an array of a geometry i can select and bend this along a spline.
its important that i can use any geometry i want.
also i need to be able to set the distance for the duplicates in the array.

the duplicates must bend along the spline!!!

so basicly i need something like the array + curve modifier from blender for maya

Froyok

Duplicate along path ?
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/modeling/curve-tools/c/duplicate-along-path

passerby

ya dupAlong path, than maybe merge them all to one object and use the same curve as a deformer again to make them bend.

edit: my version is outdated actully it alreayd has the feature for bending the duplicated objects now too.

wailingmonkey

there's this too: http://ticket01.com/stitch/

although I've never used it...but if you're looking for options.

SnowInChina

yeah, we have stitch at the moment, but according to my work buddies you cannot use a custom object with it
iam not using maya so iam not too familiar with it

i will try the tool mentioned above.
one question though

are you able to set a fix distance for the objects ? that would be required since all seams have to look exactly the same

passerby

ya the distance slider on the tool you have to set the distance, than adjust the count so they dont come short of the path, or extend past the path

tharle

can you not do this with attach to motion path and then snapshot? you might have to play with the settings to get the spacing right but should be possible right out the box. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RML8VKNMZh0