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From: [e-mail] (robert hood)
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Subject: Re: ParticleClone and PointPlane for Intel
To: [e-mail] (ED JAKOBER)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 12:53:27 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <[e-mail]> from "ED JAKOBER" at Sep 28, 95 08:40:09 am
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> > >PLANPNT.P is based on Arnie Cachelin's PointPlane.lwm ARexx macro, and will
> > >generate a two-dimensional plane of 1-point polygons of a specified spacing
> > >along the X and Y axes.
>
> > Just curious, but couldn't the Array command in modeler do this?
>
> Not exactly....
>
> I wrote an AREXX macro "Point2Object" (a variation of Point2Poly or
> Bubbles... I forget.) that basically does the same thing.
>
> The difference is that points can be scattered about randomly and
> arrays are not random.
>
> My original use for the macro was to place "PushPins"(thumb tacks)all
> over a map of the US. I clicked all over the map and created hundreds
> of points.... then replaced them with the macro. FAST!

The ParticleClone plugin I released at the same time as PointPlane will
do this very thing.

(sorry about the quoting, seemed relevant =|^)

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