Manual Reference Functions Menu Arrange
Position
Linear Mode
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| A cloud of spheres arranged using the Arrange function. |
Here you can define whether and how the selected objects will be spatially arranged. The arrangement will start from the position of the first selected object in the Object manager. The other selected objects will be moved away from this starting position. The directions refer to the world coordinate system.
Depending on in which directions you want the objects to be moved, enable the X, Y or Z options and enter the movement values for these axes into the Move boxes.
For example, if you want to place all objects in an object group onto a plane, enable the Y option and assign it a value of 0. All objects will then be set to the same height as the first selected object.
Circle Mode
The Enable option controls whether the selected objects should be arranged along the virtual circle. The center of the virtual circle is determined by the position of the first selected object. Use the X, Y and Z options to choose which object coordinates should be arranged on the circle.
Defines the radius of the virtual circle.
Start [-10000000..10000000°]
End [-10000000..10000000°]
These values define the start and end angles for the virtual circle. If Start and End are set to 0° and 360° respectively, the objects will be arranged at regular intervals along a full circle; the first and last object will be placed one on top of the other.
You can specify an additional movement for the selected objects on top of the movement due to the circular arrangement and first object.
Along Spline mode
In this mode you can arrange the objects along a spline. You can optionally specify a rail spline.
Depending on in which directions you want the objects to be moved, enable the X, Y or Z options and enter the movement values for these axes into the Move boxes.
Drag and drop the spline along which the objects should be arranged from the Object manager into this box. Provided Start Pos and End Pos are set to 0% and 100% respectively, the first selected object will be placed at the start of the spline and the remaining selected objects will be placed at regular intervals along the spline.
Start Pos. [-10000000..10000000%]
End Pos. [-10000000..10000000%]
These two parameters define the area of the spline along which the objects will be arranged.