HSigning - Horizontal Lines Signing Object Plugin -

HSigning is just a working prototype of a SimpleObject plugin to create horizontal signing (dashed and continuous lines) geometry objects.

You can create HSigning by picking any shape in the scene.

• - All distance values are in system units.
• - Distance values along spline (Stroke, Gap, Seg. Length...) are measured along the spline (not straigth distance)
• - When creating a new signing_line, pick over an existing line. If not, nothing is created. 
•           * First mouse drag: segments length
•           * Second mouse drag: segments gap
• - To keep line alignement, create the new signing_lines in Top or Perspective views.
• - This prototype version works with any type of shape but ONLY with one spline at a time.
•           CAUTION: if shape baseObject is a LINE it will be converted to SplineShape, with no possible UNDO.
•           ONLY baseObject is changed. All modifiers remain as they were before.
•           In this case, the HSigning will be created but the creation will be interrumpted and no mouse dragging is 
•           possible.
• - For software creation, you can define position on creation or create the object and then assign the spline.

There are two commercial versions (maxscript and C#) with all missing features:

• - Work with multispline shapes.
• - Mapping coordinates.
• - Gluing to surface.

You can dowload the functional prototype script from:  http://www.proin3d.org/pathscripts/DOWNLOAD/HSigning/H_Signing_V100.ms

Copy this file in one of the folders below and restart 3dsMax

• "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max <ReleaseNumber>\scripts\startup"
•  "C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\<ReleaseNumber> - 64bit\ENU\scripts\startup"

 A new Geometry Object 'HSigning' will appear under the 'PathScripts' category.