Apply Layout
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Intro
The Apply Layout Behaviour can be used to stack Shapes within a Sub-Mesh.
UI
Layout - Select how Shapes are laid out:
- Grid - See Grid Layout.
- Horizontal Layout - See Horizontal Layout.
- Vertical Layout - See Vertical Layout.
Size - Set the dimensions of the Layout Shape. By default, this is connected to the Composition's Resolution attribute. To manually set this value, remove this connection.
Level - Manually set the Level value. See Sub-Mesh for more info on Levels.
Vertical Alignment - Align the layout towards the top or bottom.
Horizontal Alignment - Align the layout towards the left or right.
Column Span - When using a Grid Layout use this attribute to span several columns.
Row Span - When using a Grid Layout use this attribute to span several rows.
- Create an Ellipse.
- With the Ellipse selected, click the Duplicator icon in the Shelf.
- In the Attribute Editor, set:
- Distribution Type to Linear.
- Size to 0.
- Click the
+
next to the Deformer attribute on the Duplicator. - Choose Apply Layout from the list.
- Create a Random Behaviour.
- Connect random.id→ellipse.radius.
- Scrub the Seed attribute on the Random Behaviour.