Obj instancer

Functionality

This node takes one or more objects and creates instances of the object with the same data block (mesh, light, camera, …) and with the position, rotation and scale values of the given matrices.

This node can’t work at least with next data blocks: metaballs, images, force fields.

Category

Viz -> Obj instanser

Inputs

Input	Description
objects	Blender objects
Matrices	full on 4*4 transform matrices defining the instance’s placements

Outputs

Input	Description
objects	The resulting instanced objects

Parameters

Properties	Description
Live	Switches processing of the node on and off.
Base Name	The base name the instances will have. Naming logic will be as Blender gives names objects
Random name	Generates random name with random letters
Show objects	Show / hide objects in viewport.
Selectable obj	Make objects selectable / unselectable
Render objects	Show / hide objects for render engines
Select	Select every object in 3dview that was created by this Node
Collection	Collection where to put instances
Full copy	All properties related with given objects will be copied into instances this property can be used for copying modifier stack for example

Caveats

This node produces as many instances as there are matrices given in the input. With more than one object, the resulting instances will ‘loop’ through the given objects until the input of matrices is exhausted. For example, three objects and ten matrices will still yield ten instances, the first nine instances being sets of all three instanced objects, and the tenth being an instance of the first object again.

Examples

• Generator-> NGon

• Matrix-> Matrix In

• Matrix-> Matrix Math

• Viz-> Viewer Draw