• Maxon Cinema 4D

  Multiply object around another object

  Posted by Nathan Gross on June 17, 2010 at 3:27 pm

  I’m not really sure how to word this (which made it difficult for searching) but I’m guessing it’s pretty straight forward.

  I have two requests. I think 1 is simpler than the other:

  Simple:
  I have an extruded chevron shape that I want to multiply and arrange around a circle.
  Screen Shot: https://grab.by/4Zyi

  Complex
  I have an extruded chevron shape that I want to multiply and arrange around a torus AND take on the rounded nature of the torus.
  Screen Shot: https://grab.by/4Zyu

  I’m guessing this would require mograph in some way?

  Any input or push in the right direction would be very helpful/greatly appreciated.

  Thanks!

  Adam Trachtenberg replied 16 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Adam Trachtenberg

  June 17, 2010 at 4:29 pm

  You don’t necessarily need MoGraph for the circle. You could use an Array Object or Function>Arrange. But MoGraph does provide many more options.

  The second example is a bit trickier. MoGraph has a spline wrap object that let’s you deform an object along a spline, but it doesn’t deform along a surface. But if you want to use the torus (and it wasn’t just a convenient example), you could a Wrap Deformer in spherical mode to deform the chevrons (however you choose to array them).

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