This worked well but it could have worked better so in railclone 3 we added a couple of extra features to make creating roofs and in fact any other object that can be distributed using closed splines even easier.
Railclone roof tiles.
But this would require to pro version as it uses two dimensional arrays.
Cedar shakes shingles.
Go to the deform properties and disable slice.
Use the segment s fixed y rotation to rotate the tiles to match the angle of the roof.
Wire the segment to the default input.
Read a written version of this tutorial and download scene files from the.
Roof tiles on.
In both cases it uses a simple circle spline around the perimeter of the roof.
Due to the way railclone 2 worked you needed one railclone object for each roof plane.
Railclone is fully multi threaded and highly optimized for speed.
If you have an example of the type of roof you are trying to create i can give you a more accurate answer but it is possible to use railclone to distribute tiles in a conical pattern or a dome.
July 29 2020 05 34 10 pm i am working through your roof tutorial roofexercise1 and rc double roman tile001 is not showing any ridges and looks flat please can you advise.
This coupled with the efficient viewport display modes and powerful instancing means that you can create and render huge objects made from thousands of highly detailed parts.
Concrete clay roof tiles.