How do I change directions on a line!???

Hi!

I'm new at this and i was wondering if there's a way to give a certain curvature to a line on a specific point. Lets say, if i divide my line on 3 points, i want that on each point the line turns on a different direction...is it possible?

Or what is the best way to do that with a different type of curve?

THANKS!

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on February 21, 2011 at 3:07am

We don't have an interpolated curve type which accepts a direction vector at each interpolation point (sure sounds marginally useful, I'll see if we can add one). You'll need to use the Bezier curve, which allows you to specify a bezier span with two end-points and tangents at both endpoints. Then you'll need to string a sequence of these spans together to form the complete curve and finally join them all up.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by G. Castelly on February 28, 2011 at 12:54am

Thank you very much!

It worked, but i found it a little difficult to specify an angle to the "Bezier" so i found another way of doing it by dividing a line that i rotated and starting a new one on a specific point of the other...its rather simple but i took me a long time to figure that out! =P

I have another question though...do you know how can i create a loop??....Im trying with a dispatch but im having a little trouble on copy-pasting the same condition if true...so, is there a way to make it simpler?

Thank you! =)

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