Distributing an object evenly/aligning objects
there is an add-on called "oscurart" in 2.79 to distribute evenly an object, i've seen this type of tools in maya which is called MASH which is work the same but more complicated than "oscurart", im wondering if the addon can be implemented in a more vanilla way.
i think adding this will give blender a more value towards the precision or hardsurface modelling workflow.
here is the link to where i screenshot the image blender.stackexchange.com/questions/5156/how-to-distribute-objects-evenly
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We need better tools than Oscurart. There should be an option to distribute by bounding box for the case of different size objects. An option to distribute on an arbitrary axis between first and last object. Also we need to be able to control the geometry parts in edit mode in the same way.
You can now do the alignment of objects with Align Tool addon interactively in the 3D view.
Distribute has to be a separate tool, specially with the changes in upcoming Blender 2.8.
Get Align Tool from the BlenderMarket: blendermarket.com/products/align-tool
Or get it from Gumroad: gumroad.com/l/align_tool
Cheers!
Hi Hirvi. I writ one just 2 days ago. bu my tool is not working by selection order. it just keep the available order by distance and put the selected objects in between to two farthest object in selection. The Code is here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ioKS4E_3M1qWMrVYNnNn0z0-1cpPIaFr/view
Screen Shot: drive.google.com/file/d/1sPJKMeS6IQGt_r6zU11PTie5LOqEnCKL/view
Ill add selection order on it too. so many tools like this is I am working on them and ill share them soon as possible ;)
@nevilart: woah that is briliant your method might be much better than the oscurart!!
* @nevilart * Hi mate. I was wondering if this could be updated for 2.8. Even tho it shows up ion the search menu it gives an error.
* @luisburdallo * This code is very old and Blender API has changed a lot. I will fix this soon and you can use it in next update of BsMax.
Download BsMax from here: nevilart.blogspot.com/2019/02/bsmax.html
* @nevilart * Thanks while Iw as waiting for you to reply I discovered I can distribute with Oscurart tools and they are now included in 2.8. Thanks again.
* @luisburdallo * Sorry for late answer. I do Update the BsMax once or twice a week. you can download it now, if you face any problem just let me know, Ill fix it soon as I can ;)
Hi, while looking for a distribution solution (read the stack thread) i found this one, but i cannot get it working, whit blender-2.80.0-git20180606.3c9e2e82fa-x86_64 OSX, i've got traceback
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/mbur07/Applications/blender-2.80.0-git20180606.3c9e2e82fa-x86_64/blender.app/Contents/Resources/2.80/scripts/modules/ addon_utils.py ", line 363, in enable mod.register() AttributeError: module 'Distance Sort - From BMax' has no attribute 'register'
okay after trying blender-2.80.0-git20181026.6c86e1a7811-x86_64 OSX got this traceback
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/mbur07/Downloads/blender-2.80.0-git20181026.6c86e1a7811-x86_64/blender.app/Contents/Resources/2.80/scripts/modules/ addon_utils.py ", line 377, in enable raise Exception(f"Add-on '{module_name:s}' has not been upgraded to 2.8, ignoring") Exception: Add-on 'Distance Sort - From BMax' has not been upgraded to 2.8, ignoring
Indeed, native align tools seems essential to have.