Is there a way to control a position of arrayed objects by a curve keeping the rotation mode and equal steps of the array along an axis?
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$\begingroup$ Related blender.stackexchange.com/questions/68039/… Can't see any obvious way to achieve what you want natively, withour some sort of addons $\endgroup$– Duarte Farrajota Ramos ♦Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 0:13
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Here is a workaround using native tools, unfortunately it is destructive, so save a copy of your curve before proceeding.
Make an array of a simple plane object with the desired spacing.
Make a copy of you original curve (for safe keeping) and extrude it slightly in Z so it can encompass your plane size, then convert it to a mesh object.
On the arrayed plane add a Shrinkwrap modifier set to the mesh-converted curve. Adjust its settings to Project (so spacing remains even) and both Positive and Negative if necessary.
Now place your cubes using a particle system, adjust Count as necessary to match the Array Count$+1$ (due to a bug). Pick the cube as rendered object and turn on Unborn and Died.
Under Rotation set it to None so the cubes always face the same direction.
answered Dec 14, 2018 at 0:56