Introduction

A script for Daz Studio 1, 2, 3, 4 to help you align objects along imaginary grid lines

Fig1: aligning lights in Daz Studio 2

History

September 24th 2015 - release

Fig. 2 - Aligning cube instances in Daz Studio 4.8

Installation

The zip package is found at the bottom of this page

unzip it in your daz content folder, typically

C:\Program Files\DAZ\Studio\content\

or

C:\Program Files (x86)\DAZ\Studio\content\

once installed, it will appear in your content library, under Studio / Scripts / mcasual

or

C:\Users\Public\Documents\My DAZ 3D Library\

once installed, it will appear in your content library, under My DAZ 3D Library / Scripts / mcasual

Use

Select a few objects that need to be aligned

select the grid spacing

example, 1 meter

select which axis will see movements

often the Y Axis is the distance from the ground and can often be left unchanged

press the Do It" button

Aligning Objects relative to a primary selection

note how i specified a 1 Kilometer grid !, to make sure the walls will be aligned to the primary selection

with a 1 meter grid most of them would align 1 meter behind the primary selection

License

by mCasual/Jacques

You can use this script freely for personal or commercial use.

You may not sell, resell, sub-license or rent this script in any way.

you may credit this script to mCasual/Jacques

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