3doutlaw opened this issue on Sep 07, 2012 · 24 posts
wolf359 posted Sat, 08 September 2012 at 9:55 PM
indeed poser physics is the best solution for this.
Also I personally recommend the free "batch import" script and "parent all" script both from Ockham IIRC
Here is my quick test using the Random Cloner feature in My modeling program I quickly generated over 350 different sized clones of a single rock model*( a little too much perhaps)* and batch exported them to a folder.
Import them into poser using the free batch import python script.
Activate poser physics run a simple 45-90 Frame simulation and you have alot of random rocks strewn about.
Now the beauty of the "parent all' script is that you can choose any one of the rocks and rename it "root"or "parent" etc for easy recognition
Save it to your prop library
and choose "select subset" before saving and the Hierarchy editor will open
Alt+click the Parents check box and all of its "children" will become selected
Save entire rock/pebble set to props and they will all reload together from props for future scenes.
Cheers