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Version 3.11 | Published August 27, 2018 ©

Colin

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The Colin plug-in allows you to align a container in the scene using two other containers as reference. This makes it easy to maintain a good and controlled symmetry in the scene.

Note: This plug-in is located in: Built Ins -> Container plug-ins -> Container

This section contains information on the following topics:

Colin Properties

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  • Container 1: Is the drop zone for the first referential container.

  • Container 2: Is the drop zone for the second referential container.

  • HOffset %: Sets the horizontal offset between the referential containers in percent. Horizontal means here an invisible line between the referential containers regardless of the actual boning of the line.

  • VOffset: Sets the vertical offset from the horizontal line.

  • ZOffset: Sets the Z offset from the line between the referential containers.

  • Align container rotation

    • 2D: When enabled, this option will position and rotate the container in the X- and Y-axis to keep itself aligned on the invisible line between the referential containers as they move.

    • 3D: When enabled, this option will position and rotate the container in the X-, Y- and Z-axis to keep itself aligned on the invisible line between the referential containers as they move.

  • Automatic label orientation: This parameter only works if the Align container rotation parameter is switched to 2D or 3D. It adapts automatically the rotation angles.

  • Autoscale object: Unlocks the Scaling value.

  • Scaling: Lets you enter the value the container should be scaled to.

To Align Containers

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  1. Add the Cube, Sphere and Icosahedron geometries to the scene tree.

  2. Open the transformation editor for Cube and Icosahedron and set them to Position X -200.0 and 200.0, respectively, and Position Y 100.0.

  3. Add the Colin plug-in to the Sphere container.

  4. Open the Colin editor and drag and drop the Cube and Icosahedron containers onto the Container1 (left) and Container2 (right), respectively.

    • The container is then aligned between the two referential containers.

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