Attractors

Attracts / Repels mesh faces towards target points.

Original Mesh Integrated Attractor points Integrated Attractor points

Steps

1. Press the Display Points icon from the Viewer toolbar.

2. Ctrl+Click mouse button to select target points. See Target Points chapter.

3. Press the show targets button from the Mesh Tools console to view the selected targets.

4. Set Intensity value.

5. Set Sense Distance value.

6. Toggle the Nearest option (optional).

7. Toggle the Invert option (optional)

8. Press the Attract / Repel buttons.

9. Choose Attraction mode to the closest target or to all target points.

Note : The Attractor command is accumulative. Use the undo command (Ctrl+z) to cancel the last framing.

Parameters Range

Intensity Value - Set Intensity values between 0-1. Intensity is a percentage based value describes the maximum Attract / Repel amount relative to the distance between target point and the most distant vertex within the model space.

1 = Maximum amount of attract / repel

0 = No attraction / repel

Note: Use the mouse wheel to change Intensity value in real time. Scrolling with the Mouse Wheel will change the value (0.01 increment) when the mouse is over the text box. Hold the Shift and use the Mouse Wheel to change the values faster (1.0 increment).

Sense Distance - maximum Attract / Repel amount is radial based values.

Original Mesh Second Stage Fifth Stage

Values in this example - Intensity value = 0.2 | Sense Distance = 0.99

Note: Use the mouse wheel to change Sense Distance value in real time. Scrolling with the Mouse Wheel will change the value (0.01 increment) when the mouse is over the text box. Hold the Shift and use the Mouse Wheel to change the values faster (1.0 increment).

Invert option - Inverts the attract / repel direction. The closest vertex to target points attract / repels with maximum amount.

Original Mesh Second Stage Fifth Stage

Values in this example - Intensity value = 0.2 | Sense Distance = 0.99 + Invert Option is toggled on

Options

Attract - Attracts mesh points toward all target points or toward the nearest target point only

Original Mesh Focus point as Target point After the fifth attraction

In this example values set to: Intensity=0.1 | Sense distance= 100 | Nearest option is toggled on

Nearest option - Toggle the nearest option to attract mesh points toward the nearest target point.

Original Plane mesh After the second Attraction

Original Plane mesh After the fifth Attraction

In these examples values set to: Intensity=0.1 | Sense distance= 100 | Nearest option is toggled on

Repel - Use negative values to repel mesh points toward all target points or toward th nearest target point only

Mute Axis - Select the Axis you want to mute and ignore when attracting to targets.

Mute X Mute X, Mute Y

Select toggles in Menu: Mesh > Attractors > Mute > X , Y, Z

Command Activation Methods

Interface (GUI)

(1) (2) (3)

Note : Toggle the Nearest option to attract to the nearest target point. Use negative values to repel mesh points from target points.

Mesh > Attractors > Attract

Mesh > Attractors > Attract to All

Mesh > Attractors > Mute > X , Y, Z

Command Line

Attract , A

Keyboard