perpendicular orientation problem

Hi everyone,

I am new with grasshopper and I hope someone can help me with my definition; I am trying to orient the grid that I have created to be perpendicular on the attractor point. I have a couple of problems with it as well:

1- how can I orient the rectangular faces perpendicularly facing the attractor point;

2- how can I make the rectangular faces be perpendicular facing the attractor without rotating and changing their shapes to diamonds instead of keeping their rectangular shape without further rotation;

I really appreciate if someone can fix my definition...although i can't read the definitions that contain icons-so i hope you consider this particular issue if you gonna provide me with any solution

many thanks

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Permalink Reply by Hyungsoo Kim on June 27, 2016 at 8:31am

You want something like this? I'm not sure..

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Permalink Reply by Yahya Al-saeed on June 27, 2016 at 10:07am

Thanks for your reply that was really helpful i really appreciate it;however, in your definition the centre of the plane can only be perpendicular on the attractor if the attractor are not moving on the z-axis. I am trying to get the perpendicular relationship between the centre of the surface and the attractor- regardless of the attractor position; i attached an image to explain my purpose

I really appreciate if you can help me on this- thanks in advance

Permalink Reply by Hyungsoo Kim on June 27, 2016 at 10:20am

I can't understand what you mean by "2- how can I make the rectangular faces be perpendicular facing the attractor without rotating and changing their shapes to diamonds instead of keeping their rectangular shape without further rotation"

Sounds like almost impossible mission to me.

Permalink Reply by Yahya Al-saeed on June 27, 2016 at 10:47am

I am really sorry if i make it look like a mission impossible- it just because i am trying to pick up with the software slowely. Forgot about the first post- I am tryion to make the center point of the surface re-orient itself with an attractor point in a way that keeps the relation between the both perpendicular

i checked older posts and i found someone who posted the same problem however the solution provided for him included a grid. what if i want to do the same thing with one surface and one attractor point