Retain orientation along path

[tzaar]

Hi!

Is there a way to have segments retain their original orientation and not follow the spline?

I want to evenly distribute a sequence of objects along a spline, but keep them all facing the same direction in the world. Is this possible?

It's a bunch of products that need to be facing the camera or at a slight art-directable angle, and I want to use RC instead of Max's array modifier because I want to have an art-directable sequence of separate objects and also shape of the spline. RC seems ideal except for the rotation!

I think I can do it with forest pack and a spline, but editing the sequence is messier and I can't get it to do a long random sequence at the part that is furthest away from the camera (loads of products vanishing into DoF/off-camera)

[Michal Karmazín]

Hi,

The RailClone plug-in builds the array based on the coordinates of the spline used. However, depending on your specific scenario, you might find the solution that uses the XSplineXDirection attribute - shared in the 'Object Facing the Same Direction' thread - helpful. I hope that helps.

Best regards,