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JonnyMac

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Circular Array
« on: July 13, 2008, 03:36:01 pm »
Let's say I've modeled a candle, and now would like to have a [perfect] circular of 16 of them sitting on top of a cylindrical cake.  Is there an easy way to do this?
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kreator

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Re: Circular Array
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2008, 05:00:20 pm »
Yep... you can use NickE`s mesh to path script  drag out a Non Geo circle and use your candle to follow the circular path on the cake`s top.
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Re: Circular Array
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2008, 05:02:22 pm »
it can be achieved fairly easily.


1. select your candle in object mode
2. in top view move it to the left a bit.
3. go into object/axis mode
4. drag the axis into the center of the screen
5. rotate the object by 22.5 (360 divided by 16) 16 times.


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Re: Circular Array
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2008, 05:28:17 pm »
Thanks, M, that worked perfectly -- and without resorting to an external resource (which I'm trying to avoid for the moment).
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