Shouldn't Eval Length and Eval Curve provide the same results in this case?

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Permalink Reply by taz on January 20, 2011 at 6:01pm

There have been a lot of posts with mention of this topic.

 

Basically unless you have a straight line (and even then...), you can never assume that [Eval Length] and [Eval Curve] will give you the same result.

 

Here's a fairly recent discussion which relates to your question.

 

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/shatter-results-not-under...

Permalink Reply by Gabe Krause on January 20, 2011 at 10:40pm

Thanks for the discussion link taz.

 

Note to self: Search topics before posting.

Got it...

Permalink Reply by Gabe Krause on January 21, 2011 at 3:06pm

In case anyone else ends up here with the same question, these two threads provided me with the most clarity:

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/evaluate-curve-inaccuracy

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/middle-point-bug