Cloner
The Cloner is a simple Instancing tool that you can use to create copies from your objects. There are two advanced copy modes. (S)pline Clone and Clone (B)etween.
Simple Clone¶
Revolve¶
The revolve simply copies objects about a center point.
| Octopus Cursor Axis | Parameters |
|---|---|
| Horizontal Movement | Radius |
| Vertical Movement | - |
| Wheel Change | Number of Copies |
Horizontal / Vertical Clone (H/V Clone)¶
The Horizontal and Vertical clone have two modes. If you are ABOVE the starting point with your cursor, then you define the distance of your clone where the copies are made between. If you are BELOW, then the distance will define the distance between each copies.
| Octopus Cursor Axis | Parameters |
|---|---|
| Horizontal Movement | Clone Distance |
| Vertical Movement | < 0 -> Overall Distance > 0 -> Distance Between Copies |
| Wheel Change | Number of Copies |
Spline Clone (S Clone)¶
Spline clone is a special case of cloning. It uses a simple Path Constraint to get the desire effect.
Selection order¶
First, you always have to select the spline and after that the object that you want to clone.
| path follow properties | Parameters |
|---|---|
| Horizontal Movement | x > 0 -> Constant Velocity ON x < 0 -> Constant Velocity OFF |
| Vertical Movement | y > 0 -> Bank ON y < 0 -> Bank OFF |
| Mouse Wheel | Number of Copies |
Release Path Constraint¶
If you are ok with the result and you don't need the spline anymore, first you have to RELEASE the copied objects from the constraint. To do that just simply select the copies, open up the Cloner menu and Left Click on S Clone.
Clone Between (Clone B)¶
Clone (B)etween is a simple cloner but it interpolates the rotation between two endpoints. Just select two endpoints and it will clone the first object in the selection between the two endpoints.
| Octopus Cursor Axis | Parameters |
|---|---|
| Horizontal Movement | - |
| Vertical Movement | - |
| Wheel Change | Number of Copies |