excel spreadsheet data, attractor and mesh manipulation help needed

I am working on a project where I have created a mesh that moves in the "z" to a point on a curve attractor. What I am hoping to create is a definition where the resulting movements or point extrusions along the mesh are dictated by an excel spreadsheet. I have Ghrowl and know how to get load the spreadsheet. I am unsure of how to place it within the current definition or if there is a better way of getting the mesh to respond to the spreadsheet values.

Has someone done something similar and can provide some advice or guidance? I'm fairly new to this and would greatly appreciate the help.

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excel to mesh def.gh, 9 KB
excel to mesh.3dm, 56 KB

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Permalink Reply by Yasser Hafizs on July 26, 2012 at 11:08am

Hi Tiesha,

I don't know what do you want to reach, Maybe like this?

Permalink Reply by Tiesha on July 26, 2012 at 1:08pm

Thank you! it is close but not quite there. Placing the excel in this location creates a static extrusion. I need to figure out how to make each point associated to the excel so that the maximum movement corresponds to the value on the spreadsheet. I think I have to list each point, split the spreadsheet, and make each input a max value. I'm still not quite sure.

Thank you again! This is one step closer.

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