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- Whether the placers aim to object or curve, the target must be a curve.
So please first create a curve in the Maya scene.
create curve node
- First Then, fFirst select the place node and second select the curve, establish the relationship by click Miarmy > Placement > Attach Aim Target Curve to establish the relationshipe between them
- System will switch the place type to "aim type" to curve node automatically.
That stands for all placers will aim to curve node translate. Move around the curve node and check the result.
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- If we need to switch the placement layout aim to curve shape, we can need to manually switch the aim type to curveShape
aim type
- we need to The transformation of curve have to be frozen, freeze the curve transformationby Maya > Modify > Freeze Transformation
freeze the curve transformation
- Then the only change method of changing the curve position and shape by its is directly modify the control points and keep of it, because its transformation is frozen, . We can notice all the placers in the place node will "look at" the curve
adjust control points in "curve shape" mode
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