Ali Torabi

Combine controllers inside your script

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Combine Controllers

Level: Advanced
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Use curve controller to pass offset value to the surface controller.

Set the dim argument to apply the curve controller on a certain direction.

3ds Max, curve controller, graph, nurbs, parametric, Parametric Array, path, pattern, plug-in, script, surface, surface controller, surface panelling, tutorial
April 18, 2010 at 3:31 pm Comments (2)

Undulating brick wall

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Level: Advanced
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Use surface controller function inside your script.

set Feedback argument to rotation when you need to rotate objects according to the surface.

Push items in every other row by increasing index1 value.

3ds Max, array, brick wall, nurbs, parametric, Parametric Array, script, surface, surface panelling, tutorial
April 18, 2010 at 2:39 pm Comments (18)

Parametric truss

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Parametric truss

Level: Advanced
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Array between two spline using script controller.

Use conditional statements to change the index value.

Reference: curve controller function takes the following arguments:
curve: object name –The name of object in 3ds Max
dim: 1,2 or 3 — set the controller on specific dimension.
feedback:transform/position/rotation –function returns transform matrix, position in point3 value and rotation in EulerAngles value
localOffset: offset value — offset the index value and shifts item along the path.
endOffset: offset value — move all items away from the last point of the path.
startOffset: offset value — move all items away from the first point of the path
mode : 1 or 2 — set the controller in absolute mode (1) or relative (2)
order: 1 to 9 — choose the order of rotation (items in drop down menu) works only when feedback is set to rotation

3ds Max, curve controller, parametric, path, plug-in, script, truss, tutorial
April 18, 2010 at 1:19 pm Comments (4)

Multi turn spiral stair, script controller

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Multi turn spiral

Level: Advanced
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An example of using curve controller function inside the script controller.

Using script controller on transform property.

How to move items along two curves.

How to combine the position and rotation to get a transform matrix.

Set the array count to a consist value puts array into a loop.

3ds Max, array, curve controller, parametric, path, script, spiral, stair, transfrom matrix, tutorial
April 18, 2010 at 12:19 pm Comments (0)

Lineare controller inside script controller part 2

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Level: Advanced
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How to control items along one direction using linear controller in a multi-dimensional array.

Reference: linear controller function takes the following arguments
i: index value — index of item in X direction
j: index value — index of item in Y direction
K: index value — index of item in Z direction
dim: dimensions in point3 format — defines the directions that linear controller will be applied on.
for example [1,0,0] means only in x direction ,[0,1,1] means in Y and Z.
Note1: if you don’t pass the i,j or kargument to the function it considers the current item indexes by default.
Note2: if you dont pass the dim argument to the function it considers all directions by default.