All frames vertical?

Hi everyone,

This is probably very simple but I'm just wondering how; 1, to run the curves in the other direction? and 2, how you guys would go about 'sweeping' rectangular geometry down the interpolated curves so that they remain vertical regardless of where it lies on the the surface. I tend to use perpendicular frames and the sweep1 tool, is that efficient for the job? Or is there a better way? Just can't keep them vertical! See screenshot.

Thanks a lot!

Adam

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Permalink Reply by Adam David Hills on August 7, 2013 at 1:07pm

This perhaps communicates the problem more clearly, the previous example would in fact generate vertical frames. However in this example with a surface that's curved on plan, seemingly arbitrary orientations are created. How do I get them vertical?

Any ideas?

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on August 7, 2013 at 1:51pm

part 2, after the perp frames align them to the z vector. See in screen the green is a loft without aligning, the red is after aligning.

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on August 7, 2013 at 1:11pm

part 1, use flip matrix.

Permalink Reply by Adam David Hills on August 8, 2013 at 11:05am

This is the project I'm trying to apply this to, the definition almost works but for some reason a few frames aren't vertical, especially the one at the edge of the surface which is almost horizontal! Any ideas?

Also I've noticed that the frames are quite wavy along the surface and not truly following the hosted surface, how might I correct that?

Thanks for any thoughts, ideas, solutions!

Adam

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