Member Jamie Norton Posted April 30, 2018 Member Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 (edited) Hey guys, what tool do you guys use to make a patterns of voxel shapes, with orthogonal accuracy? I can't get warp to do it with any accuracy, and instancer means I have to manually move each instance, which is not efficient, nor does it work well. Think of sleepers of a railway track, equally spaced. That is what I want to create essentially. (but not curved) This is dead easy to create in sketchup or anything else, but can't seem to do it in my beloved 3d Coat. Thanks in advance Edited April 30, 2018 by Jamie Norton typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jamie Norton Posted April 30, 2018 Author Member Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 actually, just worked it out warp tool with scale set to 1, and overlap set to a negative value ! Unless anyone else knows a better way ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Dmitry Bedrik Posted April 30, 2018 Advanced Member Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 Oh just array in 3d coat so bad, i reccomend do it in Blender for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted April 30, 2018 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 If you use 3D Grid snapping (VIEW Menu) or 2D Grid Snapping, you can lay down some instances accurately and quickly. Drag + ENTER, rinse and repeat as many times as you need, and you can enable symmetry while you do it. The Measure Tool also allows you to create Measured guide and enable your brush to snap to those guide points. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jamie Norton Posted May 1, 2018 Author Member Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 (edited) Thanks very much @ABNRanger, really appreciate your help Hadn't thought of the measuring tool... <edit> You even timestamped it to bit that I needed. Super thoughtful, thanks mate! Edited May 1, 2018 by Jamie Norton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jamie Norton Posted May 1, 2018 Author Member Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 13 hours ago, Sorda said: Oh just array in 3d coat so bad, i reccomend do it in Blender for example. thanks for the reply, mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor digman Posted May 1, 2018 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 Clone tool with the 2D grid can be used as well. Clone one sleeper which makes two. Clone 2 which makes 4. Clone 4 which makes 8 and so on and so on. You can keep all on one layer or as many layers as you like... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jamie Norton Posted May 1, 2018 Author Member Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, digman said: Clone tool with the 2D grid can be used as well. Clone one sleeper which makes two. Clone 2 which makes 4. Clone 4 which makes 8 and so on and so on. You can keep all on one layer or as many layers as you like... thanks Digman! appreciate your help too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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