Grid Points - use fbx or cylinder

[peter007]

Hello,

I like the way you can use Grid Point and 3D Transform to move the grid points around.

Is there a way to achieve a similar process with a cylinder or fbx file? I can only find a way to do 2d sprites, boxes or spheres. I would like a 6-sided cylinder or use a 3d file as the source for each point or sprite.

I tried to use a fbx file and repeaters. But, 3d transform does weird things to geometry. It doesn't move each instance of the 3d file - it grab every vertex point or something. I want to be able to move the position of each copy, not smash the vertexes of the geometry around.

My end goal is to make a wall made of hexagons and be able to move mask for 3d Transform around to make the hexagons slide forward or use random to make the whole wall undulate.

I can do this in After Effects or Cinema4d.

[Walter_heen]

Hello!
the operator-> instanciate modifier is done for that.
Simply add it to the grid points and change the renderer to surface of pbr surface.

for hexagons, simply change the geometry to a cylinder with a lower resolution.

Do not forget the order of the shaders. For example, adding a point rotate modifier befor the instanciate will make the 3D object that compose your points rotates. But placed after, it will affects the points that composed your the 3D instance.

Hope it helps you

[peter007]

Ah - thank you!
That is working.