associate points on a surface

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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on May 31, 2010 at 4:35am

Can you be more specific? I don't understand what you want.

Permalink Reply by Lida Sklirou on May 31, 2010 at 4:48am

I have a kinetic grid created from points. I need to apply it to a lofted surface and therefore need to associate those points to thatsurface ( i have managed to associate the area and the normal direction) as i want the kinetic grid to follow its curvature without it being distorted.

Permalink Reply by Lida Sklirou on May 31, 2010 at 4:50am

forgot to upload the files.

Attachments:

• SURFACE ATTEMPT.3dm, 55 KB

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on May 31, 2010 at 7:13am

can you post the ghx?

Permalink Reply by Lida Sklirou on May 31, 2010 at 7:18am

I have in the first part of the\discussion but here it is again.
Thanks

Attachments:

• surface attempt3.ghx, 2.9 MB

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on May 31, 2010 at 7:32am

Oh Yeah, doh..

Permalink Reply by Lida Sklirou on May 31, 2010 at 7:40am

haha don't worry
hope the script makes sense

Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on May 31, 2010 at 9:40pm

Lida, I downloaded your definition and looked at it, but I still don't understand what you are trying to do.

When you say "associate with the surface", what exactly do you mean? Are you trying to get your kinetic structure to follow a curved surface? Are you trying to get UV points that correspond to the ends of the kinetic structure? Something else? Can you draw a quick sketch?

Also, the definition is really spread out, if you cleaned and organized it more, it would be much easier to see what you are trying to make.

Permalink Reply by Lida Sklirou on June 1, 2010 at 12:36am

Hello Benjamin

I cleaned up the definition.How I started was by creating this kinetic structure by points.but, I want it to follow the curvature of a surface which at the moment it doesn't.I am sure it has to do with the uv points but not sure how. Does it make more sense now?

Permalink Reply by Lida Sklirou on June 1, 2010 at 12:42am

I have problems with the uploads...
here they are.Thanks

Attachments:

• surface attempt4.ghx, 2.4 MB
• clean1.3dm, 2.6 MB

Permalink Reply by Lida Sklirou on May 31, 2010 at 7:23am

Danny just to let you know that I tried the intersection component as well (line-surface) but not sure how to identify the points as the components are moving.
Let me know if you need more info.Many thanks