Instantiate
3D Modifier - Instantiate a primitive geometry on each vertex position
Allow to generate a primitive geometry (any
3D Generator
) on each point of a geometry, to create a mesh array.
Can be combine with
Random Points
for an awesome scatter effect. If you want to scatter meshes inside a 3d volume (and not only randomly on the surface of a geometry), then check out the
Random Points
.
Here is an example of a plane instantiating box, with a random point modifier:
Be also very attentive to the general order of the modifiers:
A less costly but less versatile alternative to instantiate can be a
Box Points
or a
Ball Points
.
I say less versatile as the principle of the instantiate is that you can put an actual geometry inside of it and so do any transformations you could do over it.
Here is a little mograph made with that modifier, a
Point Rotate
grouped with a
Point Scale
and then masked with
Box
:
Note that any Smode primitive can be used as instantiate generator (as well as
3D File
) or 3D extruded text :
Variables:
-
Referential:
Referential of the instantiated geometries.
-
Selector:
Note that you have a selector inside of the instantiate, it act more or less as a
3D Mask
and allows you to choose which instantiated geometry will be displayed where.
. For instance here I got cylinder and box geometries scattered accordingly to a box selector :
- Generators: Generators of the instantiate
Python
Oil.createObject("InstantiateGeometryModifier")