Duplicates one or more objects and places the copies in arrays on surfaces.
Surface Array options
- Position
- Offset in the N, U, and V directions along the duplicates local axes.
- Rotation
- Rotation around the local, X, Y, and Z axes of the duplicates.
Primary
- Specify
- Choose to duplicate by Spacing or Number.
- Spacing
- Choose distance between duplicates.
- Number
- Choose number of duplicates.
- Start / End
- Specifies where the duplicates Start and End in the primary direction of the surface. These can be adjusted in the control window or with in-canvas range manipulators.
- Scale
- This is a relative scale factor applied to the original object to produce the last duplicate in each row . The size of the intermediate duplicates is interpolated.
- Offset
- Offsets each row in the array by this distance from the previous row.
- Stagger
- Offsets each row half of the spacing value, creating a "stagger" effect.
- Rotation
- When checked, displays fields to change the Incremental Rotation of the duplicates in the X, Y and Z.
- Range Fit
- Expands the array to fit within the start and end range.
Secondary
- Direction
- If U is selected, the objects will be laid out along U isoparms. If V is selected, they will be laid out along V isoparms. If the target is a U or V isoparm, the U or V direction will be selected by default and is dependent on the primary direction.
Perpendicular creates the secondary direction perpendicular to the primary direction.
- Side
- Creates the secondary direction of the array on the Positive, Negative or Both sides of the primary input.
- Specify
- Choose distance between duplicates.
- Spacing
- Choose distance between duplicates.
- Number
- Choose number of duplicates.
- Positive End / Negative End
- Specifies the start and end of the secondary direction duplicates on the positive and negative side of the primary input.
- Scale
- This is a relative scale factor applied to the original object to produce the last duplicate in each row . The size of the intermediate duplicates is interpolated.
- Offset
- Offsets each row in the array by this distance from the previous row.
- Stagger
- Offsets each row half of the spacing value, creating a "stagger" effect.
- Rotation
- When checked, displays fields to change the Incremental Rotation of the duplicates in the X, Y and Z
- Range Fit
- Expands the array to fit within the positive and negative end range.
Control Options
- Auto Update
- When this box is checked, duplicates update automatically when values in the control window are changed.
- Chain Select
- When checked, selecting a surface also selects all other curves that are tangent continuous with it.
- Create History
- When checked, the duplicates have construction history. Modifying the stitch objects or target curves causes the duplicates to update accordingly.
- Orient Normals
- Check this box to align the local X axis of each duplicate with the tangent of the target curve at the position of the duplicate. If the target curve is a curve-on-surface, each duplicate is oriented so that its local Z axis matches the normal direction of the surface where the curve-on-surface lies.