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R and S eed—
Specifies a seed value for randomizing
the clones’ scales, based on t he Deviation settings.
Ifyouusethesamevalueforclonesofadelegate
and then a master object, each pair ends up with
thesamescalingfactor.
Generate Scales—Click this button to scale all
scatter objects; that is, cloned objects or objects
selected with the
Select Objects to Transform
button.
Inc(rement) Seed—When on, and you click the
Generate Scales button, Scatter adds 1 to the Rand
Seed value, and re-scales the scatter objects using
the new random seed. Default=on.
All Ops panel
This panel lets you perform var ious permutations
of cloning and transform operations in a single
step, with or without successive randomization.
Operations group
Co mpute Clones—Turn on to clone the object
chosen with the
Object to Clone button .When
you click the Scatter button, the object is cloned,
and then any specified transforms are applied to
the clones.
Turning on Clones makes the Select Objects To
Transform button unavailable. The object to clone
and cloning parameters must be specified on the
Clone p anel (page 2–1041) .
Compute Positions/Rotations/Scales—Any options
in this column that are turned on when you click
the Scatter button cause the respective transforms
to be applied to the current selection (see Select
ObjectsToTransform,below)accordingtothe
settings in the
Position panel (page 2–1042) ,
Rotat ion panel (page 2–1043) ,and Scale panel
(page 2–1045)
.
Inc(rement) Seed Positions/Rotations/Scales—Any
options in this column that are turned on cause t he
respective Rand Seed settings to be incremented
by 1 each time you click the Scatter button.
Use this option to experiment w ith various
randomized transform combinations for y our
clones.
S ele ct O bje cts to Trans form—Lets you designate
objects to be affected by clicking the Scatter button.
Click ing this button opens a version of the
Select dialog that’s unique to Scatter Objects
functionality. If you’ve performed one or more
cloning operations during the current session, the
results of the most recent cloning are selected by
default, including the original cloned object. For
example, if you created 10 clones, 11 objects are
selected. You can use the Select dialog to alter or
replace this selection.
Note: The results of the most recent cloning
operationremainselectedevenifyoucloseand
later reopen the Scatter Objects dialog.
Scatter—Performs any cloning and/or t r ansforms
that are turned on.
OK —Retains all changes and closes the dialog.