Exponential Spacing Between Objects

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on June 5, 2017 at 2:56pm

There are many ways to do this.  I used 'Graph Mapper' initially but accidentally over-wrote it.

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on June 5, 2017 at 3:07pm

'MA (Mass Addition)' or 'Graph (Graph Mapper)', 'Raw' or 'ReMap':

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Permalink Reply by greyBow on June 6, 2017 at 3:35am

Thanks for sharing! I'm still having trouble implementing this into the code that I have. I want to be able to modify the spacing of my objects by adding a factor of exponential spacing without altering the overall size of the array. 

Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on June 6, 2017 at 7:24am

Can you be more specific about "a factor of exponential spacing"?  Did you try the remapped Graph Mapper, moving the point around to change the shape of the graph curve?

Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on June 6, 2017 at 10:19am

How about this approach?  (ParametricGrid_2017Jun6a.gh)

I would define the controlling parameters a little differently though, specifying maximum dimensions overall and calculating the dimensions of the grid rectangle. (ParametricGrid_2017Jun6b.gh)

P.S.  The 'Pow (Power)' component can be replaced with any 'Expression' you wish.

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Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on June 6, 2017 at 10:46am

Or, to keep the 'BoxRecs' within the max X/Y dimensions overall:

• 'Rect.x' = ('X max' - 'Cube Width') / 'Cols'
• 'Rect.y' = ('Y max' - 'Cube Length') / 'Rows'

P.S.  More interesting (interactive) when 'Cube Width' and 'Cube Length' are sliders...

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