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MoGraph – placing random clones on objects – controlling randomness
I have noticed when I place random clones on the surface of an object they cluster (as they might). What I would like to know is, are there degrees of randomness?
Can I place a load of clones on the surface of a model and make it so they don’t cluster as much?
Can you specify a number of clones to be spread out equidistant across the surface (or a selection of) the same object?
I suppose the idea is to make them look randomly placed, when they are not actually that random.
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There’s a number of things you can do to affect the degree/type of randomness:
*change the random seed in the cloner;
*use a poly selection to restrict placement;
*use a Random effector instead of the surface option in the cloner (but unless your object is planar this will cause some intersection);
*MOST FLEXIBLE APPROACH: use a Shader effector to control the clones’ visibility. With this you can use any kind of noise, shader, or texture to locate the clones on your object. -
Thanks Adam,
I have been using polygon selections to restrict the are, but in all honesty it’s the intersectionss which cause the problem.
I’ll look at the shader idea as a way of distibuting the clones.
Cheers,
stigWeard
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