Surface Replicator Information

These settings are displayed when a surface replicator is selected.

Part Attribute Settings

For details on the Part Attribute Settings, please refer to Replicator Information.

Path Replicator Attribute Settings

Path Replicator

Specifies the joint value of the surface replicator. The range of values can be restricted using the joint limits (triangle icons) above the slider control.
When Surface or Surface (Uniformity) is selected from the Mode pop-up menu,

Range

Select this checkbox to enable the upper and lower joint limits.
Deselect this option to disable joint limits.

Mode

Specifies how replicas are distributed over the surface. Choose Vertex, Edge, Face Center, Surface, or Surface (Uniformity).
The object replicated is temporarily converted to a polygon mesh to calculate its base point of reference.

Vertex: Each vertex of the surface is used as the base point for the replicas.
Edge: The middle of each edge of the surface is used as the base point for the replicas.
Face Center: The center of each face of the surface is used as the base point for the replicas.
Surface: The replicas are placed randomly on the surface.
Surface (Uniformity): The replicas are placed randomly on the surface. Irrespective of the surface area, the base points are placed so as to create a uniform density.

Subdivision

Specifies the level of subdivision used when the object to replicate is converted temporarily to a polygon mesh.
The level of subdivision affects the placement of replicas.

Preview

Specifies the method for displaying the replicated objects. This does not affect rendering.

None: The replicas are not shown in the Figure Window.
Draft Display: The replicas are displayed only as bounding boxes.
Display: The replicas are displayed using the viewport's display settings.

Count

Specifies the number of replicas created. This option becomes available when Surface or Surface (Uniformity) is selected from the Mode pop-up menu.

Direction Control

Specifies the direction, relative to the base point of reference, to use when placing replicas.

None: The default setting. No direction control is applied to replica generation.
Normal Direction: This places replicas so that the positive Y axis of the replicated object is parallel to the surface normal.
U Direction: Available when Face Center, Surface, or Surface (Uniformity) is selected from the Mode pop-up menu. This places replicas so that the positive Y axis of the replicated object is parallel to the U direction of the surface.
V Direction: Available when Face Center, Surface, or Surface (Uniformity) is selected from the Mode pop-up menu. This places replicas so that the positive Y axis of the replicated object is parallel to the V direction of the surface.

UV Pop-up Menu

Specifies the UV layer to use for the surface when U Direction or V Direction is selected from the Direction Control pop-up menu.

Random Attributes

Random Replication

When selected, if multiple child objects are inside the path replicator part, they are extracted for replication randomly.

Translation

Specifies the maximum distance to translate each replica in the X, Y, and Z directions.

Mode

Select either Offset or Displacement to determine how the random Translation distance is measured.

Offset: Replicas are offset only in positive directions, using the Translation values as the maximum distance.
Displacement: Replicas are offset in both positive and negative directions, using the Translation values as the maximum distance.

Rotation X, Y, Z

Specifies the range of random rotation done in each of the XYZ axes.

Scale X, Y, Z

Specifies the ratio of random scaling done in each of the XYZ axes (a value of 1.0 results in scaling between 0 and 200%).

Uniscale

When selected, randomly generated replicas are scaled uniformly along their X, Y and Z axes.

Random Seed

Specifies the value used for the random calculation. Changing this value will change the random replication.