Array bushes in shape of text

[EricCamper]

In this image, you can see the area I need help in... Basically, I need to have the words
Sussex Park appear on the berm, and at the correct Elevations and etc... Does anyone have a easy way to do this... CLient just sprung this on me and I need it done tomorrow

Thanx

[pskdude]

cant you just extrude some text and apply a grass map to it ? maybe im confused on your question ?

[sea2stars]

Hrmm. Grab the Glue script from Itoo Software. Draw your text over the terrain, maybe add/divide some verts to it, glue the text to the terrain and then use the Spacing Tool. And then add a random rotate to the plants?

[mikeh]

or you could create 3d text, collapse the letters, detach each one and use each one as a scatter object to scatter whatever you want to throw at it.
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[EricCamper]

Great...I will grab that script.... All great ideas..

Thanx all

[dellis]

I wonder if the spacing tool would work on text....

[simmsimaging]

Proxypainter would let you do it by hand it you wanted to go that route.

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[jonahhawk]

Advanced Painter works wonders for this as well. You could make Conform compound object to form the text over the terrain then use the script to randomly paint in different plants. you can set all kinds of spacing, rotation and scaling.

Also, PFlow works great for stuff like this. That is how I build custom shaped hedges and other such things.

[sea2stars]

Yep.. the spacing tool works on text; a quick test.

I keep forgetting about PFlow... there was a tut around here somewhere that I'll have to dig up.

[DrJan]

I'd say ProxyPainter as well, but can't you let your Array object follow a spline in the options?

[EricCamper]

I used the text and Glue script and it worked great....Later on when I have the time I will look at the other options..

Thanx all

[pailhead]

Even without the glue script you could do something similar in max itself. Shapemerge the text onto your terrain and delete everything around it. You can use this object to grow your bushes using the scatter tool.

Unless it's just supposed to be an outline, in which case the method you used is probably the best one, if not the only one.

[jacksc02]

ermmmm shouldnt this be in take5/off topic? Its not specifically a vray problem.