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There is a tool to do exactly what you want.

Have a look at the Distributed Objects tools like Polyline Distribution Path and Spline Distribution Path - at the bottom of the Build menu. 

Thanks, and you're right, this is exactly what I was looking for.

Is there a way to convert an existing spline into a distribution path? I tried walk through animation path, but they have different dbx. 

That seems to be it. In the control panel there is a setting for the wheel, where I can set the number of characters that it scrolls horizontally if I push the wheel sideways. The default setting is 3 and unfortunately there does not seem to be a way to turn this function off. As I can't remember ever using this in Word or similar it only seems to generate trouble. Can't remember this being a function/feature in 3ds Max either.

Hi Jere,

I've kind of considered it, but I seem to learn most when I work on a project and hit a problem and then read all I can find about it. When that doesn't help I ask this amazing crowd and that usually takes me through. I'm not sure a class sitting and following what someone else is doing on screen is compatible with the way my retention works. Not sure how these training sessions differ from the videos that are available on the site. I think I'm too advanced in some areas and of course a complete beginner on others. I don't know, perhaps it could be useful now that it is here instead of burning two days in Vegas.

I would love a more tailor made model where the class builds a house from scratch based on pictures I've brought of a building with some complicated features, roof lines, etc. 

When I use the Fill Screen tool it works as expected, this seems to be something else. The thing in #13 definitely is related to the issue, but I have no solution for it. Haven't found what a left/right press on the middle mouse button is supposed to do, but whatever move it triggers it ignores the Fill Screen tool. 

I think I was more thinking if there was some tool that would allow you to disperse objects, like posts, on a path/polyline. Like the move/transform tool that would let you pick a path. The design has about 40 plants that follow the fence as well so it would make life easier. I will look into the molding polyline and see if that can be used, thanks.

I should mention that I've found a decent method in drawing a fence from a segment end point on my curve, converting that portion to an arch, and then snapping it to the curve underneath. However, there are a number of segments, and I will also need to plant bushes along the perimeter, so a tool that follows a path would helpful.

Have a property perimeter with one side against a culdesac, and need a iron fence that follows that path. I have the exact property line and was hoping to use it as a path for a fence. Possible?

Looking a little further into this it appears I'm pushing the middle mouse button sideways, which apparently trigger some form of angular rotation of the whole scene.

This most often happen to me when using the orbit tool, and then holding down the middle mouse button to pan. Often the design then starts to sail away in one direction and goes off the screen, and cant't be recovered.

Ah, thanks, that explains it. I confused myself further by misreading the manual that walls would work with it as well, which I couldn't get to work either. Turned out that it said wall hatching. :/

Something fishy is definitely going on. I found it in customize hotkeys, but if I select for example a wall and hit CTRL-J nothing happens and it doesn't show up  in the edit toolbar. Should I call technical support?

It's bizarre, but that tool isn't anywhere. I even went to the toolbar customization and looked through every little tool icon and it's not there??

I'm sure I used it the other day, can I somehow erased it? I assume these tool icons aren't dependent on templates so what can have happened?

I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I can't for my life find that button? Not even if selecting a wall or something the manual says it works on? Shouldn't it be on the right mouse button when selecting an object?

Is there a way to copy the style and appearance of one railing onto another? I've placed a number of dummy railings (in wood) and would now like to replace those with the final design in metal.

I didn't realize that, which doesn't sound like a good thing. I see it both in cross section and camera looking down a stair case. I will try creating the whole manually instead then. This can't be by design so I assume it is a bug. Should I report it or is there a list of known bugs?

Beautiful. Thank you.

That doesn't seem to work for me. It was unchecked, but neither of those zoom buttons did anything useful  

I have a basement and then stucco on the first floor, and it seems the terrain is cut towards the stucco and not the foundation? How can I correct this?

Doug, I looked and that was already unchecked. 

Before changing color brand I decided to try once more and change the default settings and this time it actually worked with the fascia! I'm still confused as to why all the windows and the exterior door changed color as well earlier though, and the windows doesn't seem to want to be changed the same way even though there is a default setting for it? Is the difference that a roof rebuild resets everything related to roofs, but for windows they have to be changed one by one afterwards? The default setting only applies at creation when it comes to windows? 

But if I have different Benjamin Moore colors for trim etc, won't that completely screw up my schedules?

So I thought I was smart and changed the roof material color in the default settings to the new color, given that it seems to refer to the active defaults when using auto rebuild. However, this did not make any difference. Is there an annotation set involved here?

I'm embarrassed to ask yet another obvious rookie thing so shortly after my other question, but this is really weird to me.

I want another color than white for the fascia, but when I do I'm informed that the material painter can't be used with auto rebuild, and I'm given the options to either change the default roof material, or turn off auto rebuild. I chose the former. However, when I do all windows and the exterior door changed, but not the fascia? Do windows share default material with roofs? And even if so, why won't the fascia adapt?

I closed it and created a new one, and then saved it. At least I can now go back to a good location. Thanks!

That was a good idea, and now I found the building and I centered it like you said. However, I can't get rid of the distortion, there does not seem to be a way to set zoom length of the lens? It looks ok in plan, and there is nothing off in the distance.  :/