Itoo Software Forum
Forest Pack => Forest Pro (*) => Topic started by: LG4255 on August 15, 2012, 08:22:26 PM
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I use the Tree Editor, Custom, Align geometry along a path with custom spacing often.
One thing I'm not sure if currently possible is, if I add an additional one or two geometry objects (for this example think of the geometry as a cluster of flowers: white, blue, orange)
When I hit generate it seems to place the 3 geometry objects along the path in a random pattern, for example it'll be 2 white, followed by 1 blue followed by 5 orange and then repeats at random. If I click generate the distribution changes at random, there's really no control of how much of each should be used.
This is a fine use sometimes however it'd be nice to have a check box or option that will allow it to distribute with order/pattern, so that the objects would follow the white, blue, orange and continue to repeat that pattern along the spline.
Is this currently possible and I'm missing something? Or is this a feature request and I'm posting in the wrong area?
Thanks
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Unfortunately it is not possible to create a sequence of items using the path tool, it uses only random values.
I add your suggestion to the wishlist.
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As temporal solution, you could attach the 3 objects and use as source
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Unfortunately it is not possible to create a sequence of items using the path tool, it uses only random values.
I add your suggestion to the wishlist.
Many thanks for taking this into consideration, this small addition/feature would GREATLY improve our workflow. As I'm doing it now, I will create 3 splines and offset their start and end points a bit and then make sure each forest object has the same spacing value and I can end up getting the pattern I'm looking for, however, when you need to modify the position/shape of the spline, it becomes cumbersome.
Also, it would be nice if the tree editor/align along a path could autoupdate the forest object as the regular one does, as it is now, I need to adjust the spline, then click "create" again in the forest object to see the new result.