vector component with plane

I have a vector XYZ component with 88 paths (top left)
I have a XY axes plane with 88 paths (center)
Finally I have a move translate with 88 paths (top right)

I am trying to use my new xy axes planes as the coordinates to move the objects vs the global system they are on by default.

If I could plug my new planes into the xyz component that might solve my problem but this is clearly not possible.

any help would be greatly appreciated...

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Permalink Reply by Sameer Kumar on November 16, 2009 at 8:20pm

I am not sure I correctly understand the question. But see if the following solves it for you...

If not, you may want to attach your definition so that we can better understand what you are trying to do.

Permalink Reply by Charles Aweida on November 16, 2009 at 9:59pm

The above definition didn't seem to work but maybe i am not applying it correctly

If you look at the top view image you can see they are all in the same plane, what i need is for them to follow the direction of the curve.

Thanks for the help!

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Permalink Reply by Charles Aweida on November 17, 2009 at 9:51am

I figured it out

I used point compose and xy plane to rotate the plane in the right direction then I used another point compose to isolate the x axis again, plus the problem I had was the frames need a graft to separate individual values. Then I used the vector multiply like you suggested and it works! Thanks for heading me in the right direction.

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Permalink Reply by Sameer Kumar on November 17, 2009 at 10:00am

I am glad you got it working.

One question: If you use the 'z' axis vector for as the input for the 'x' component and then isolate that, isnt it the same as the z axis vector in the first case?

In other words, why dont you directly connect the z axis vector output to the vector multiply tool? Or am I missing something here?

Permalink Reply by Charles Aweida on November 17, 2009 at 10:16am

By inputting the z into the x, white keeping the y with y, it flips my frames perpendicular allowing them to flow with the curve thus placing my data in the correct string of planes.

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