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Circular Array 3DSMAX
This may be a very simple question, but I'm using 3DSMAX and want to create a circular array, several rows deep and with each object in each successivelyrow evenly spaced. I can create a circular array several rows deep (see image), but with each row the gap between the objects gets larger. I want this gap to be the same… -
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One way I have just thought of (I can't test my theory until I get home), is to create a cylinder, say 10cm wide at 0 0. Then make a copy with a 10cm gap between them. Then make an array of the second cylinder with a 10cm gap between each. Hopefully using the cylinder at the origin will have given the correct spacing for… -
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Just copy objects in a row then group them, then adjust groups pivot point to its side and again copy-rotate the whole group to get circular array. Ungroup and voila. -
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Oh, so each following row would increase by 1 object (probably)? assuming we start off the array at 0 then adding 1 to the following row and so on and so forth....? -
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Yeah thats right. The increase in number would depend on the size of gap I guess. The only ways I can think are to either eyeball it, or make a new array for each row and increase the count until it looks like the same gap between the objects. I'm sure there must be a better more accurate way to do it though. -
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Thanks again. That may do the trick. I'll experiment later! -
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Ah, this one is also easy. Create a ball in the centre of the scene, copy it to the right and move its pivot point to the centre of the scene (0,0,0) copy rotate it 5 times (60 degrees) so there are 6 nice balls around the first ball. Again copy and moe the right side ball to right. Again move its pivot to the centre, copy… -
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martinszeme, I don't quite follow what you mean. especially the part about moving the pivot to the side, then copy rotate. That sounds like it would create a mess! - not a neat circle. Noors, that image IS pretty much what I want to do. To be fair the image I posted was a test, so the spacing isn't exactly what I would… -
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Unless I am misunderstanding, that will just produce the same results as I have in the image. I probably haven't explained myself very well! I want each object in each row to have the same spacing away from the object next to it. So this would mean that each successive row would have more and more objects in it - to keep… -
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The image Noors posted is more what I'm after, but maybe with more spacing between the objects. However, something like this image would be good if I couldn't get perfect spacing.
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