align pivot to longest edge...

[super gnu]

anyone got any clever ideas? ive got about 3000 sun loungers which i need to replace with something better. they were all collapsed into a single object when i got them. they all point in different directions.

ive managed to get to the point where i now have an individual rectangular polygon(object) for each lounger, with the pivot centred. however obviously the pivots all point the same direction. this is no good for object replacement.

id like a way to select all these rectangles, and align one axis to the face normal, and another to the longest edge. (i guess there would be two longest edges....)..?

would save me many hours of manually placing and aligning chairs. anyone know of a similar script?

[fixeighted]

Yes indeedy..this will do it https://www.artstation.com/marketpla...pt-for-3ds-max
Not automatic but very quick to do at least.

EDIT: ignore that previous edit suggestion if you saw it...I got it wrong.

EDIT: That script is good but you need to also make the working pivot the actual local pivot too, so this script will do that. https://www.dropbox.com/s/qilt6ireyjyxr2f/pivot.ms?dl=0