based control and values. We have the ability to transform objects by position and rotation using the xyz values, scale objects, and alter the various width, height, and length values of every segment. In addition, users can attach a multitude of controllers to each of the nodes’ values to manipulate them further. With controllers, users can force arrayed objects to follow curves, shapes, deform, or adjust in linear or non-linear fashion, following virtually any value or path a user desires.
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3ds Max 2014
Last I checked, there were more than 70 tutorials on the Para 3d website showing users how to complete complex tasks in just a matter of minutes. Please visit the site at http://torabiarchitect.com/ parametric-array/ to see if this plug-in is right for you. Figure 2: Para 3d editor
The options are endless. With that said, I won’t cover any specific ones. But simply put, users can control virtually any number of values associated with an array using its node-
Figure 3: Array node June 2014
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Figure 4 – Controllers www.augiworld.com
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