Continuously place objects by dragging them onto the mesh surface.

Simply drag to simultaneously adjust the placement, scale, and rotation of the objects.

Menu

• 3D View > Sidebar (T) > dup_x tool icon

Keymap

Option

• instance

  • The instance object to use during dragging. If not specified, the active object will be used.

• Use randomly from the collection.

  • Uses objects from the specified collection as random instance sources.

• Duplicate link

  • Create an instance as a linked copy.

• Use randomly from the collection.

  • This will randomly use an object from the specified collection as an instance.

Placement Options

• Basic scale

  • The initial scale factor for the duplicates to be placed.

  • If you want to allow for some leeway in making small adjustments, set it to around 0.5.

• Adjust the scale

  • Adjust the scale while dragging.

• Adjust the rotation

  • Adjust the rotation while dragging.

• Surface offset

  • The distance to move away from the hit surface in the direction of the normal.

• Align to normal

  • Align the local Z-axis of the duplicate to the hit surface normal.

• Inherit instance rotation

  • Maintain the rotation of the instance object before surface alignment.

Modifier

• Boolean

  • The instance to be placed will be used as the Boolean object for the hit surface object.

  • The created instance is added to the Cutters collection.

• mirror

  • Add a mirror modifier to each instance you have placed.

  • By setting the Mirror Object option, you can make that object the mirror axis.

Adjustment mode

Holding down G/S/R/Z while left-dragging adjusts the transform of the active object.

The G key slides the object along the XY plane.
The Z key slides the object along its local Z axis.

Within the dup_x tool, you can switch the active selection by pressing Ctrl + click.

Add-on settings

• Scale sensitivity

  • The sensitivity of the drag distance used for scaling.

• Shift fine adjustment

  • The adjustment multiplier used while holding down the Shift key.

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