Make Position Array

Make Position Array

This tool is used to make an NxM grid of an array of positions.

These are this tools options

The options include the Position Format String.

This tool creates more than one position at a time, so all the positions must have names based on a specific syntax.

The Position Format String can be any string. however, the name of the position to created over a certain time can be dependent on the number of the positions created. This can be done using the #XX string that can be inserted inside the Position Format String option.

For example: suppose that Position Format String contains the string POS#00 All the positions created will have the name POS, followed by the number of the position created, starting from the number 00.

For example: if you want 50 positions, the names of the positions will start with POS00, POS01, POS02 for the first three positions and include all the sequential names ending with POS49.

Another example: You may want to add 20 more positions to your string of 50. You can add POSS50, POSS51 and all the sequential names ending with POS69 to the string to append the additional 20 positions.

The Positions by Count and Positions by Measure set, directly or indirectly, the number of positions.

The Positions By Count sets the number of NxM positions, where N is the Stride Count and M is the Extrude Count.

The Positions By Measure sets the stride direction, one position is set after Stride meters, and one position is set after Extrude meters.
For example: If Stride is 1, and Extrude is 2. The positions will be created in this way:

The Vectors Creation section has the same meaning shown in the tool Make Position Single.

After setting all of these options, go into a 2-D viewport (top, left or front) and create the rectangular region.

You set the first vertex of the region (the red one shown in the following figure) with the first click.

You set the second vertex of the region (the blue one shown in the following figure) with the second click. This sets the Stride Direction.

The last click, sets the Extrude Direction.

The following figures show the process:


*initial situation	*after the 1st click

*after the 2nd click	*after the 3rd click

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