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MN3180

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How to get Clustering to work on UV surface distribution
« on: February 10, 2012, 12:55:34 PM »
Hi,

I have been tasked with a vertical garden, I effectively have a cube and want to distribute foliage with clustering on the vertical surfaces. Currently I have a good result on the front face, but on the side face it isn't picking up the clustering.

Thanks

Dan

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Re: How to get Clustering to work on UV surface distribution
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2012, 01:39:19 PM »

You are right. It seems the clustering is working correctly only on the creation plane of the Forest object. We will check the code and fix it, if possible.

If you are creating a cube, there is an alternative way to do it using XY surfaces. For each side of the cube:

1) Create a rectangle on the XY plane of the same size as the cube.
2) Add a Forest object and assign the rectangle as Area.
3) Select both the spline and Forest, and rotate them to align with the cube.

Not optimal, since it needs several FP objects, but it should work.

Carlos Quintero
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Re: How to get Clustering to work on UV surface distribution
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2012, 01:47:00 PM »
Thanks for the quick reply, I shall use the work around you suggest for now.