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1. Re: Orienting objects to a live object in Maya

   

   Reply by Frump · Oct 2009 · Home› Technical Talk

   Search for some object paint scripts... I know they exist and I've seen some on polycount before. What it is is placing down a bunch of duplicates of selected geo on the surface of some other selected geo. Here's one example that I haven't used that you could try:…

2. Orienting objects to a live object in Maya

   

   Topic by Steve Schulze · Oct 2009 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hey gents. I'm adding individual feather planes (lots and lots of planes) to a bird and am trying to work out the most efficient way to do so. I've made the body live which makes placing the feathers easier but they don't rotate to orient to the surface is ther any option/script/whatever to get this going. It'd be a big…

3. Re: Orienting objects to a live object in Maya

   

   Reply by Illusions · Oct 2009 · Home› Technical Talk

   There is probably a way to automate this, but in case this is something urgent, I can tell you that under the Modify menu there are three separate tools that might be useful: Snap Align Objects, Align Tool, Snap Together Tool. Experiment and see which one works best for you. Although for an automated solution wouldn't…