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#All angles.

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#152304From: Peter M. GruhnFeb 10, 1995 4:54 PM
>>Is it fair to say that you are looking for a way to create uniformly distributed random rotations?<< No. I mean, sure, that would work actually. But I would prefer something sequential. Also, I'm on R1, so there is no real way for me to program it. What I've got, is an m&m. I make a bunch of .tgas out of it and then read them into FDPainter3 as an animation. Turn the animation into an image nozzle and then spray. Cool. I have a pile of randomly oriented m&ms. Except at this point, they all are right side up like (m) or upside down like (w) but none of them are sideways like (E). This is because I am rotating about only 2 axes and not the one parallel to the view line of the 'camera' (I'm using front view to render so there is technically no camera). I'm just trying to organize my rotations so that I get everything I want. Hmm, I'm thinking right now, and think I've got it. Yeah, think I do. I'll try to remember to let you know. Using keyframer. I do have some tedious ways. I may spend some of tomorrow trying one of them out. Thanks. – gruhn
#152357From: Yost GroupFeb 10, 1995 8:54 PM
Not sure exactly what you're trying to accomplish here, but you can add a third axis of rotation by attaching your object to a dummy and then rotating the dummy (in addition to the rotation of the object). – Jack