(03-25-2021, 01:56 AM)rickk Wrote: I found it interesting how the figure specified for brush spacing was crucial to closing the loop evenly so that the first and last bolts were spaced properly. Otherwise you ended up with either one pair that were different from all others, or worse case a pair that were "binoculared" .
Which is exactly what the script is meant for
By the way, in th egeneral case you shouldn't have the nuts follow the orientation of the path, otherwise you get the shadow in the wrong direction. If you want some randomness in the nuts, you can create a pipe hose where images are rotated within +30°/-30°, so you get a random orientation while keeping the shadows always on the same side:
A basic Gimp hose:
Nuts.zip (Size: 28.91 KB / Downloads: 195)