Aligning prims

[littlepinkpie]

Hi,

I have a simple question, I guess.

Having 3 prims rezzed, how can I set same space between them without having playing with the x coordinates through edit window?

Thank you. :matte-motes-bashful-cute:

[Freya Mokusei]

You can use Snap to Grid, shown on the image below as part of the Edit tool:-

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/31353i35355795C2E5FFD4/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1

Clicking the right-pointing arrow (->) will allow you to set the gap distance between grid-points.

[littlepinkpie]

Thank you, going to try it

[littlepinkpie]

Well my edit window doesnt support the right arrow?

https://gyazo.com/f0d145da97e52081adfa5ea04b03a1ca

 

[Amethyst Jetaime]

The right arrow is the same as the options button in your viewer.

[littlepinkpie]

Hi,

still the way I see I have to use the x,y,z arrows to set the distances, or am I wrong? Isnt there an option for example to join 2 prims together or set the same distance between 3?

Thanks for your input!

[Freya Mokusei]

Gee, that's an old-timey looking viewer. Not seen those blue buttons in like five years or more. Most guidance for working with the Build Tools uses a more modern user interface (UI).

You can join prims together (creating a link set) using Ctrl+L (and Ctrl+Shift+L to unlink) - more info here.

Anyway it sounds like you're looking for alignment buttons. Second Life doesn't have those as part of the UI but you could write an LSL script to do it for you. Something like...

//--- Configure these two lines as appropriate
vector vMOVE_BY_AXIS = <1,0,0> //x, y, z using global ruler - set to 1 to move.float fMOVE_DIST = 0.25; //jump distance (from -10.0 to 10.0m)default{    touch_start(integer num_det)    {         if(llDetectedKey(0) == llGetOwner())         {             llSetPos(llGetPos() + (vMOVE_BY_AXIS * fMOVE_DIST));         }    }}

This way each time you click the object, it'll jump fMOVE_DIST meters in direction vMOVE_BY_AXIS.

Hope this helps!

:matte-motes-sunglasses-3:

[Yingzi Xue]

The grid can be used for what you need.  The grid consists of invisible snapping points, dictacted by the grid unit setting under options window (see options button in your pic). For instance, if you set it for .5, the snapping points will be .5 meters from each other, allowing you to arrange prims using the grid ruler (aka snapping to the grid ruler).  You can get desired spacing by using the grid snapping points while moving your prim/object using the axis arrows.  If you need help, let me know, I'll be glad to show you.