Script to generate random parts in LDCad

[Jaco van der Molen]

I played a little with that script and made a few modifications to address:

• Tiles, plates, bricks don't have the same Y position to sit on a plane
  
• Assymetric parts (eg. slopes) need orientation randomness
  
• Some parts are not available in all colors, so get color from each part in selection
  

Usage: place the seed parts on a plate at Y=0, select all seed parts, run script.

Code:

function onRun()
  local base='41539.dat'
  local baseCol=71
  local xCnt=8
  local zCnt=8
  local xStep=20
  local zStep=20
  local yVect=ldc.vector(0, 1, 0)

  local sf=ldc.subfile()
  local ses=ldc.session()

  if not ses:isLinked() then
    ldc.dialog.runMessage('No session')
    return
  end

  local sel=ses:getSelection()

  local parts={}
  local pColor={}
  local yPos={}
  local partCnt=sel:getRefCount()

  if partCnt==0 then
    ldc.dialog.runMessage('No parts in selection')
    return
  end

  for i=1,partCnt do
    parts[i]=sel:getRef(i):getName()
    pColor[i]=sel:getRef(i):getColor()
    yPos[i]=sel:getRef(i):getPos():getY()
  end

  sel:remove()

  local xOfs=10-xCnt*xStep/2
  local zOfs=10-zCnt*zStep/2

  sel:add(sf:addNewRef(base, baseCol))

  for z=0,zCnt-1 do
    for x=0,(xCnt-1) do
      local rnd=math.random(partCnt)
      local rndYRot=ldc.matrix()
      rndYRot:setRotate(math.random(4)*90,yVect)
      sel:add(sf:addNewRef(parts[rnd], pColor[rnd], ldc.matrix(xOfs+x*xStep, yPos[rnd], zOfs+z*zStep)):setOri(rndYRot))
    end
  end
end

function register()

  local macro=ldc.macro('RandomGen')
  macro:setEvent('run', 'onRun')
end

register()

Nice. I've had a busy weekend, but will take a look asap. Thanks Roland an Philo!