How Do I Distribute Objects

[coldskool]

Hi All,
Is there any way to distribute objects evenly in Maya (like in photoshop)?

Thanks

[joojaa]

Sure! Depends onwhat kind of worklow you want to have.

but yes atleast 40 ways come into mind.

[coldskool]

I basically have 8 spheres in my Maya scene, however in photoshop, If I were to select all 8 layers (or planets) then use the distribute evenly tool it will evenly distribute based off the position of the top and bottom layer, is there a similar function in Maya?

Thanks

[joojaa]

Well usualy a maya user would avoid this situation in the firtsplace (because they would have created the planets aligned).

Because:

if you create one planet and hit "D" (yes thets big d not small one), move planet 2 thats now created, newer clear the selection, hit "D" 6 more times violka youve created a distributed string of planets.

But:

yes in the modify menu theres the

Modify->Snap Align Objects->Align Objects (yes this means you should choose the box next to the item, not the menuitem itself)

and use the dist option

Tip: learn to use, the find menu command in the help menu, paset following and execute:
CODE
findMenuItem;searchAllMenus ("find");

[coldskool]

Hi Joojaa,
Thanks for the info, it worked perfectly, you are beginning to become my favorite person on these boards