interpolating list of points to get stacked circles

Hello,

I have a list of points that I am trying to connect with curves so that I can get circles stacked on top of one another. Problem is the interpolate curve tool is drawing lines based on the index number of the lists (so points that have the same index numbers are being connected with curves). Could someone please explain how I can get the curves based lists and not index numbers.

Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on April 27, 2017 at 12:49am

First things first (alias PM for Path Mapper):

Is this the desired outcome prior PM? (a kind of deformation on some cylinder, if so it could be 10 times simpler ... but anyway).

And after PM (branches/items > items/branches + no closed loft)

In general this is NOT the way to "deform" an object for more than obvious reasons (expected havoc in loft profiles yielding a totally incorrect loft result [for good reason]).

Solution: a far more "uniform" distribution of the "distorted" points is required in order to ensure an easy transition.

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Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on April 27, 2017 at 1:52am

And since less is always more ... I would suggest this (a bit tricky) "general" approach for distorting (up to a point) a surface. Is very simple, could yield ultra freaky results (in the name of science, what else?) and is rather real-time (unless you have 1Z++ points in mind)

Of course there's a lot of ways to define and control the charge points.For instance getting some division points (randomly or selecting them on a per item basis [this requires C# for managing volatile stuff]), then moving them according some logic and then using them as point chargers.

Notify if you want a freaky example on that matter (but is not suitable for a novice - at all - since it does business solely via C# code).

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