Using a target objects Material ID property is an easy way to manage distribution for multiple panel types.
Watch the video to see how it works:
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Populate:Panels – Mutations: Populate/Skip Material ID
May 14, ’11 3:33 PM
Populate:Panels – Mutations: Populate/Skip Face Selection
May 14, ’11 11:51 AM
Populate:Panels – Mutations: Populate/Skip Nth Face
May 14, ’11 11:31 AM
With the Populate/Skip mutation you can limit paneling to odd/even faces, or create regular gaps. This gets interesting with multiple panel elements on the same target surface. To create a checkerboard pattern, just set the first panel to populate every 2nd target face, while the other panel skips it.
Watch the video to see how it works:
Quick Start – First steps with Populate:Panels
May 9, ’11 1:04 PM
Open Populate:Panels from the main menu bar, ‘Tools -> Populate:Panels…’.
The fastest way to get started, is loading a panel preset. With the current beta version there is only one preset available, ETFE Cushions.
When picking a target surface, keep in mind that only quad faces will be populated.
You can also pick any 3dsmax geometry or spline object as a custom panel object, as shown in the next video:
The Framing System
May 3, ’11 7:54 AM
There are two panel types available in Populate:
- Custom Panel Objects
- Framing Systems
Here is a quick introduction of the Framing System.
- Framing Systems work with all kind of poly faces, not only with quads, as Custom Panels.
- The frame width is always constant, not relative to the face area, as it works with insetting the face.
- Good performance, works with AutoUpdate.
Right now there is only one Framing System module available, “Simple Frame + Glass”, in later versions there will be different profiles, including round, filleted and multi layered systems.
Here is a quick video demonstration:
