topic Re: Clone into individual objects instead of combining all meshes into one mesh in 3ds Max Forum

Clone into individual objects instead of combining all meshes into one mesh

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:40:35 GMT

Hi guys,

I've started learning MCG and I've been following the few tutorials available online but I've found it a bit difficult and confusing although I really like it.

In this Autodesk tutorial --> MCG - Object Creation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zykjqcKojS0&index=7&list=PLMeAnc_0Xla9DazGZHl-bX58uuLA9BNnL

They clone the object in the child’s positions combined into one single mesh using CombineAllMeshes to connect the array of mesh to the output modifier. In other tutorials I've checked do exactly the same to connect the output. Is this a limitation of MCG?

Is there a way to create individual instances of the object in the child positions? Perhaps it is possible to do it with a different approach?

Thanks

Re: Clone into individual objects instead of combining all meshes into one mesh

Anonymous — Fri, 06 May 2016 10:32:00 GMT

Re: Clone into individual objects instead of combining all meshes into one mesh

PiXeL_MoNKeY — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 22:10:57 GMT

This is a feature of 3ds max 2017 and MCG. See the new features here: http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-3ds-max-blog/whats-new-in-mcg-2017

Signal (Parameter: Signal😞 Not to be confused with the “Single” parameter, the Signal parameter provides a way to trigger a special portion of the graph on that execution cycle. The signal button was conceived to enable “baking” workflows. For example, you can use it in a geometry tool to “bake” node instances into your scene. Baking workflows can be very helpful when you want to export a procedural layout for consumption in a game engine. To give you a basic idea of how to use it, here’s the MCG_RadialInstancer, which you can download at the bottom of this post.

-Eric

Re: Clone into individual objects instead of combining all meshes into one mesh

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:05:14 GMT

Hi Eric,

Thanks for your reply. You've been very helpful

Cheers

Mikel