Array modifier does not respect duplivert setting in cycles #32154

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Thomas Beck · 2012-07-20T22:32:45+02:00

Thomas Beck commented

2012-07-20 22:32:45 +02:00

%%%Hi Brecht,

Dupliverts are essential for motion graphics! And as cycles is reaching more and more a professional level, it needs the ability to handle dupliverts right:

When I duplivert an object and clone it with an array modifier, I assume that the dupliverts are distributed along the given axis. But they remain on the original object. See the supplied blend for evidence.

Greetings Thomas

R49089, i7 8gb nvidia 560ti oc%%%

%%%Hi Brecht, Dupliverts are essential for motion graphics! And as cycles is reaching more and more a professional level, it needs the ability to handle dupliverts right: When I duplivert an object and clone it with an array modifier, I assume that the dupliverts are distributed along the given axis. But they remain on the original object. See the supplied blend for evidence. Greetings Thomas R49089, i7 8gb nvidia 560ti oc%%%

Thomas Beck commented

2012-07-20 22:32:45 +02:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Thomas Beck commented

2012-07-21 13:42:47 +02:00

%%%As I further tested it, it seems that putting a modifier on the dupliverted object does the thing I want... it's not really intuitive but it works...could you clarify this behaviour or is this a bug?! Greetings..%%%

Danny McGrath commented

2012-07-21 20:20:25 +02:00

%%%Indeed I would agree that this doesn't seem like the intended behavior, but I am pretty sure that it has nothing to do with cycles. It seems like for whatever reason, the array modifier just deals with the actual meshes instead of any child objects of the mesh, which I think the spheres you have might actually be considered to be part of, in a technical sense.

I suppose you could also just apply the modifier and let the dupliverts distribute across the new mesh the way you want too.%%%

%%%Indeed I would agree that this doesn't seem like the intended behavior, but I am pretty sure that it has nothing to do with cycles. It seems like for whatever reason, the array modifier just deals with the actual meshes instead of any child objects of the mesh, which I think the spheres you have might actually be considered to be part of, in a technical sense. I suppose you could also just apply the modifier and let the dupliverts distribute across the new mesh the way you want too.%%%

Danny McGrath commented

2012-07-21 20:23:08 +02:00

%%%Also, you may also want to use the "Make dupliverts real" option and then join the meshes to the cube. (Sorry, almost forgot that trick existed!)%%%

Thomas Beck commented

2012-07-21 20:58:13 +02:00

%%%Hi Dan,

I know that option already...but it's no option in this case...you loose all your "dynamic" behaviour (having modifiers themself) when you're making the duplis real. You know, in motion graphics, all has to be dynamic and changable anytime :) So unfortunately I can't make the objects real :(%%%

%%%Hi Dan, I know that option already...but it's no option in this case...you loose all your "dynamic" behaviour (having modifiers themself) when you're making the duplis real. You know, in motion graphics, all has to be dynamic and changable anytime :) So unfortunately I can't make the objects real :(%%%

Ton Roosendaal commented

2012-07-22 14:31:22 +02:00

%%%Combining dupliverts with modifiers is not a guaranteed feature in Blender. You are using two incompatible methods here.

I tried the test file, and the result in Cycles are similar as in Internal, and similar as it draws in the viewport. It's not clear what you consider a bug here. (Expecting the duplivert and array to work together is not a bug ;)%%%

%%%Combining dupliverts with modifiers is not a guaranteed feature in Blender. You are using two incompatible methods here. I tried the test file, and the result in Cycles are similar as in Internal, and similar as it draws in the viewport. It's not clear what you consider a bug here. (Expecting the duplivert and array to work together is not a bug ;)%%%

Ton Roosendaal commented

2012-07-22 14:31:22 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Ton Roosendaal closed this issue

2012-07-22 14:31:22 +02:00

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Array modifier does not respect duplivert setting in cycles #32154