Brian Jones
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COW Coins
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Maxon C4D Coins
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with the Coordinate Manager yes, I think so. I think the intent is that you enter values and see the result all at once (or perhaps back with ancient equipment it saved a lot of slow updates… I don’t know the real reason). And you can always use Quantization, move the poly (back to the cube face example) with an arrow and once it moves hold shift. Default (unless you are already familiar) at 10 but adjustable to any value you want.
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can you post the scene?
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you can select a poly (for example) with the correction deformer and then use the Coordinate Manager to move it to a value you choose
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never done Max but I think I’ve seen that… there may be better suggestions but the Correction deformer allows you to deal with a parametric object like it was editable. You select the correction deformer not the object and work in poly/edge/point mode. It will complete break things like the Fillet in a parametric cube though, so for that you would leave Fillet at 0 and use a Bevel deformer with the Correction…
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do you have xparticles?
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not enough info but are the Scale values (S.X, S.Y, S.Z) in the Transform tab of the cloner anything other than 1?
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anytime you want two different things to follow a spline (spline wrap and the align to spline in this case) particularly when they are slightly separated (the shell needs to be a bit forward to sit over the body) the spline should have Intermediate Points set to Uniform.
In this case you also need to turn ‘Tangential’ on in the Align to Spline of the shell won’t turn with the spline. That turns the shell sideways to the spline so you have to change the orientation of the helix the shell is made of from XY to ZY so it will line up properly. -
I don’t know if it’s possible but I’d start investigating Vertex maps, that will definitely get you number 2, it might get you 1 (but that should be possible with xparticles). Not sure about 3
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what would you do with the selection? What you describe is what the falloff tab of the effectors do (particularly in R20 where the falloff has become Fields) an effect can be limited to a shape. So what version of C4D do you have and what are you going to do with the selections?
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and extrude or a MoText should work with a plain effector.
13056_letterbyletterextrude.c4d.zip
13057_letterbyletterextruder19.c4d.zip