Attraction point, difference in height

Hello everyone,

I am having a trouble to set height difference difference at Z axis, including the angle to the point without blocks being clashed.

I see that the trouble is that the angle varies , which shouldn't. how can I have them all fixed in parallel to the sun angle?

I want to try to set one angle to the point and allow the block varies in difference: the closest to the point the bigger the further- the shorter.

Please see the script, it looks like i do the job, but then it still clashes.

Maybe different plug in needs to be used-rather than PAttractor.

Very best,

Ana

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clashing.png, 145 KB
Help 23 03 2017 blocks.gh, 339 KB

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on March 25, 2017 at 7:00am

Your GH file uses a plugin I don't have (NudiBranch001). And the 'Pt' and 'Curve' parameters have not been internalized so are useless.

In general though, the sun is too far away for a "point attractor" solution. For practical purposes on earth, using Altitude and Azimuth angles is better.

Permalink Reply by Ana Sidorova on March 25, 2017 at 7:59am

Yes, I have tried various and came up that this was the best way to change blocks heights in distance and attract them, however now they overlap.

Here is what i plugged in, Joseph.

http://www.food4rhino.com/app/nudibranch

Attachments:

Help 23 03 2017 blocks.gh, 340 KB
Help 23 03 2017 blocks.3dm, 70 KB

Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on March 25, 2017 at 8:33am

I know where to find the plugin, I just have no intention of installing it. Quite sure it is not necessary to implement an attractor.

I don't see sun altitude and azimuth angles anywhere in your code? If you are getting them from the attractor, the angles will be different at each target point, not parallel, as I tried to explain. Sun rays appear parallel on earth because the sun is so far away. Your attractor is relatively close, so the angles will vary from point to point.

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