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452 Chapter 6: Transforms: Moving, Rotating, and Scaling Objec ts
5.
Click the arrow button to the right of the Rotate
labeltoenablethethreeRotatefieldsinthe
Tot a l s s ec t ion.
6. Set the Z parameter to 360.0.
7. In the Array Dimensions group, choose 1D and
set Count to 12.
8. Click OK.
The software creates an array of 12 boxes in a
full circle.
Inter face
Array Transformation group
Specifies which combination of the three
transformstousetocreatethearray. Youalso
specify the extent, along the three axes, for each
transform. You can specify the extent of the
transform in increments between each object,
or in totals for all objects. In either case, the
distances are measured between the pivot points
of the objects. The arrays occur u sing the current
transform settings, so the g roup title changes
depending on the transform settings.
Click the left or right arrow button for Move,
Rotate, or Scale to indicate whether you want to set
Incremental or Total array parameters.
Incremental
Move—Specifies the distance between each arrayed
object along the X, Y, and Z axes, in units.
Rotate—Specifies the degree of rotation about any
of the three axes for each object in the array, in
degrees.
Scale—Specifies the percentage of sca le along any
of the three axes for each object in the array, in
percentages.
Totals
Move—Specifies the overall distance, along each of
the t hree axes, between the pivot points of the two
outer objects in the resulting array. For example, if
you’re arraying 6 objects and set Move X total to
100, the six objects will be arrayed in a row that’s
100 units between the pivot points of the two outer
objects in the row.
Rotate—Specifies the total degrees of rotation
applied to the objects along each of the three axes.
Youcanusethis,forexample,tocreateanarray
that totals 360 deg rees.
Re-Orient—Rota tes the generated objects about
their local axes while rotating them about the
world coordinates. When clear, the objects
maintain their original orientation.
Scale—Specifies the total scale of the objects along
each of the three axes.
Unifor m—DisablestheYandZspinnersand
applies the X value to all axes, resulting in a
uniform scale.
Type of Object group
Determine the type of copies made by the Array
function. The default is Copy.
Co py—Arrays copies of the selected object to the
specified position.
Instance—Arrays instances of the selected object
to the specified position.
Reference—Arrays references of the selected object
to the specified position.