Element 3D How to Align 2 objects by a given face or stick two object faces together

[Mark Whitney]

[Travis Landers] “Am I missing something?”

Apparently you are.

I suggest you review the basics of the Particle Replicator and Look.

https://www.videocopilot.net/docs/element2/animating_3d_objects/particle_replicator/

https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/3d_replicator/

[Richard Garabedain]

from two different groups? or in the same group…i imagine different otherise the answer is easy…and any 2 sides..or 2 specific sides…i mean…the animation engine might work for you..Tell us what your doing exactly…is the only way this works…i know

[Travis Landers]

Well originally I meant from one group…. Actually I knew nothing about the particle replicator…. i just looked up align two objects and didnt get much search love…

Now seeing how it works… I would indeed like to have two groups or more and line them up side by side…

I am thinking I can replicate my planes then use nulls like I saw in a vid to place one plane of cubes directly next to the other…
https://youtu.be/3jc8Rost4Lo

Ultimately I have kind of a complex final plane made of smaller groups in mind…. no photoshop now to make a pic but basically four squares that are cut by strips… i tried to represent it with numbers below… each number is a different texture type

111192222
111192222
111192222
111192222
888878888
333394444
333394444
333394444
333394444

So in that i have 7 different textures… above is how I think I could do what I want and I guess i just use the replicator with multiple groups and “stick” them together using nulls BUT…

really I just want a plane of cubes and be able to change any cubes texture whenever I want… that would be awesome. So I could highlight strips or individual blocks or whatever.

I realize this is kind of abstract from the original question. There is no doubt the replicator can get me a plane of cubes that are aligned well… so that is great. However, perhaps there is even a better way to get to where I want.

Thanks Mark Whitney

New to element and 3d so cheers