Aligning object to face normal with local rotation MaxScript

Asked Jul 04 '18 at 12:21

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My script aligns object to face like this:

But i need to get this:

there is a code i used:

faces = (polyOp.getFaceSelection $Box001) as array
face = faces[1]
theMatrix = matrixFromNormal(polyOp.getFaceNormal $Box001 face)
theMatrix.row4 = polyOp.getFaceCenter $Box001 face
$object.transform = theMatrix

Help me, friends :)

edited Jul 04 '18 at 13:12

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asked Jul 04 '18 at 12:21

Vadim Vdovenko

When you compute a rotation from a single vector, the rotation around that vector is unconstrained, which is exactly the situation here. – meowgoesthedog Jul 04 '18 at 13:55
@meowgoesthedog Is there some way to get rotation around this vector? 3dmax can get it when you just select face [link](https://i.imgur.com/SY0IjJT.png) but i dont know how to use it with maxscript – Vadim Vdovenko Jul 04 '18 at 14:08
Use the transformation matrix of `$Box001` itself, and set `.row4` to the same. – meowgoesthedog Jul 04 '18 at 14:22
@meowgoesthedog could you please show example in code how to achieve this? – Vadim Vdovenko Jul 04 '18 at 14:29
https://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2018/ENU/?guid=__files_GUID_3B001F21_8FE9_4663_A972_E648682A0ACD_htm – meowgoesthedog Jul 04 '18 at 14:35

Aligning object to face normal with local rotation MaxScript

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