Topic: Aligning an Object to another objects face in 3ds Max 6  (Read 1797 times)

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Aligning an Object to another objects face in 3ds Max 6
« on: December 01, 2004, 03:53:22 pm »
Is there a relatively easy way to do this?
« Last Edit: December 02, 2004, 08:03:00 am by Furyofaseraph »
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Re: Aligning an Object to another object face in 3ds Max 6
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2004, 09:36:12 pm »
I Want to model rank pips onto a shirt, and i have the shirt, but i cant align it right...any ideas?
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Re: Aligning an Object to another objects face in 3ds Max 6
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2004, 08:20:28 am »

http://img64.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img64&image=78-Pip.jpg

Okay, you see the teal Rank pip?...i want to align it to the collar, but i cant seem to do it with manual rotation...Is there a way to find out either the exact rotation of a poly, or align the object to a poly exactly?
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Re: Aligning an Object to another objects face in 3ds Max 6
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2004, 09:49:36 am »
HAHA, nevermind, i found the script for MAX4...and since i have both 4 and 6. it works.
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