choosing a greater value

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Permalink Reply by Pieter Segeren on July 12, 2011 at 2:59pm

Hi Lina, I think this could be optimized, but this is what I got for now.

Permalink Reply by Jina Lee on July 14, 2011 at 7:57pm

Hi Pieter,

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

But what "command" is the one comes in between offset/ curve length and sort,

that looks like A,B,C --> B?

 

Thanks again

 

Jina

Permalink Reply by Mateusz Zwierzycki on July 15, 2011 at 1:28am

that is path mapper -> see path mapper help (search grasshopper forum)

Permalink Reply by Pieter Segeren on July 15, 2011 at 4:16am

Hi Jina, I noticed Mateusz already answered this. This particular {A;B;C --> B} remapping works for me because I just used some random rectangles (with random directions) I created in Rhino. In your situation the paths are probably different. Right click the path mapper, create null mapping first, then keep only the second last character.

Maybe you can come up with a way to keep the direction of all the curves the same (or flip the flipped ones:) ), making the approach above not necessary...

Permalink Reply by Pieter Segeren on July 15, 2011 at 5:34am

the definitions:

Attachments:

• JinaOffset.ghx, 69 KB
• JinaSort.ghx, 128 KB

Permalink Reply by Jina Lee on July 21, 2011 at 5:55pm

Hello,

 

so I tried your method, but it game some irregular shapes for more complex geometry.

I got some hint from your methods and used SORT to solve the problem.

so i offset the joined curves in both positive and negative value, so i get two offset curves.

Then i used CURVE LENGTH to evaluate the two lengths and sort them by their length.

and use LIST ITEM to always select the greater length curve!

and WALLAH! it works!!!

 

Thanks for all your help!!!