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  • Cloner object Distribution gone when using object mode?

    Posted by David Cabestany on July 3, 2020 at 6:50 pm

    Can anyone tell me with the distribution option does not appear when I try to create a cloner object and use a motext object as the object but it works with a regular primitive such as a sphere? It used to work fine with motext objects before.

    Thank you for your help.

    David Cabestany replied 5 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Jim Scott

    July 3, 2020 at 9:39 pm

    You need to make the MoText object a child of a Connect object. You probably did that before but just forgot about it.

    Per the help files (Cloner Object: Object Tab) –

    Tip:
    Not all objects that can be dragged into the Object field function with the above modes (e.g., the Text Object). In such instances it often helps to make the element a Child of a Connect Object, which is in turn made part of the clone process.

    Edit: put the Connect object in the “Object” window of the Cloner parameters.

  • David Cabestany

    July 3, 2020 at 11:23 pm

    Yes, that was it. Thanks a lot for the reminder. I haven’t done this in a long time.
    Worst part is I built it converting the motext object into a polygon and the scrapped the entire thing in favor of a different design.

    Anyway, thanks for replying.

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