So I have this landscape, and 300 houses. How can I align them quickly?
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Hay guys,
Hopefully you guys will come up with an easy solution. So I have this irregular landscape and around 300 houses(37 different models) that were placed according to a plan, right now they are all on the same level. I need to align them on the Z axis with the gizmo being where I want the landscape to intersect with the house.
How should I go about that, I tried "align" but it doesnt work when I select all the houses.
Thanks for the help!
PS: Im using 3DS max. Pretty important information that I forgot.
Hopefully you guys will come up with an easy solution. So I have this irregular landscape and around 300 houses(37 different models) that were placed according to a plan, right now they are all on the same level. I need to align them on the Z axis with the gizmo being where I want the landscape to intersect with the house.
How should I go about that, I tried "align" but it doesnt work when I select all the houses.
Thanks for the help!
PS: Im using 3DS max. Pretty important information that I forgot.
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If the placement doesn't matter you can group all of the houses and particle scatter them across the surface.
You can also object paint an array of objects over the surface of a mesh.
You can also use a Surface Constraint.
If placement matters you can use Select and Place. Although, that could get laborious so you might want to check around for some scripts like this one. It's from 2007 but there is a good chance it still works. If not there might be a more recent version.
Either way you go, you will probably want to make each house it's own object or a group with the pivot at the base.