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1. Re: Maya: Duplicate over curved surface?

   

   Reply by CheeseOnToast · Sep 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Cheers, but it's not my script. Got it from someone here on PC a while back. Can't remember who though. SP paint is great, but it's better suited to random scatter in organic environments. Well worth checking out though.

2. Maya: Duplicate over curved surface?

   

   Topic by Belltann · Sep 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hi. I would like to duplicate objects over a curved surface, like bolts etc. At the moment i use make live in maya, but then i need to tweak the position seperatly to get the bolts to point out from the mesh. Do you know if there is a script or technique to simply duplicate an object on a surface and the object will get…

3. Re: Maya: Duplicate over curved surface?

   

   Reply by CheeseOnToast · Sep 2011 · Home› Technical Talk

   Try this : geometryConstraint -weight 1;normalConstraint -weight 1 -aimVector 0 1 0 -upVector 0 1 0 -worldUpType "vector" -worldUpVector 0 1 0; To use it, select an object you want to constrain to, then select your bolt. Then run the script. You should now be able to drag the bolt around with the middle part of the move…