Place and Deform Tool for Maya

This Maya script tool allows you to dublicate any object in the scene onto the selected surface of another object in a couple of clicks. With the help of additional tools, make the array of created objects varied in scale, rotation and slight deformation.

Tool capabilities:

1. Place objects on selected components. Select the components of the object (Vertex, Edges, Faces), press the "Place on selected" button and select the object that will be duplicated at the center points of the previously selected components. If the object was initially selected in "Object Mode", then the duplicated object will be distributed to all components (Vertex, Edges, Faces).

2. Scale Randomizer. Select the necessary objects for proportional scaling. Set the minimum and maximum scale values. Click the "Random Scale" button. The selected objects are scaled randomly within the specified minimum and maximum values.

3. Rotation Randomizer. Select the necessary objects to rotate them along the XYZ axes. Set a value for the angles of rotation for each axis. Click the "Rotate" button. The selected objects will rotate randomly within the specified angles.

4. Noise deformer. Select the necessary objects for their soft deformation. Set the XYZ deformation values ​​as well as the deformation level of detail. Click the "Deform" button. The selected objects are deformed randomly according to the specified parameters.

Tested in Maya 2016 - 2020 (MacOS & Windows)

Installation:

- Just Drag&drop flie "PlaceDeform_Tool_install.mel" in Maya Viewport window.

- Shell "PlaceDeform" with shell button "PlaceT" will be created.

- Press "PlaceT" shell-button and enjoy.

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