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Any way to make scatter flow along face/edge direction

Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 3:50 am
by morbidangel
Lets say I want to have the objects in vray scatter angle to the flow of my surface topology. Is this possible?

Re: Any way to make scatter flow along face/edge direction

Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 4:58 am
by bdancer
It's not currently possible, but the idea is pretty interesting, we'll think on this.

Re: Any way to make scatter flow along face/edge direction

Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 8:33 pm
by morbidangel
That's too bad. I have a creature that has such topological flow and I was hoping to cover it with geometry that contoured to this flow. If you ever have this feature please let me know!

Re: Any way to make scatter flow along face/edge direction

Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 7:59 am
by bdancer
You could try using "Pattern" distribution type which use UV for distribution.

Re: Any way to make scatter flow along face/edge direction

Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:08 pm
by morbidangel
If I try using Pattern, in a lot of my tests maya simply crashes. I've never had success with pattern types 1-3.

Re: Any way to make scatter flow along face/edge direction

Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:33 pm
by bdancer
Could you please send me some scenes that crash?