how i can orient a geometry with one start point and another last one in plenty sets of two points?

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Permalink Reply by Matt Gaydon on March 17, 2010 at 8:09am

Hi Maria

Can you explain more what your trying to do, maybe with a few screen captures so I can help more.

Matt

Permalink Reply by maria matheou on March 17, 2010 at 8:21am

hi Matt,
i'm sending an image of what i'm doing.Actually i want to orient the geometry in the points with circles.
thank you

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• maria.bmp, 920 KB

Permalink Reply by Matt Gaydon on March 17, 2010 at 9:26am

Hi Maria

From you image and info i am guessing that what you need to do to orientate all geomery at the Pts on the Kinked crv to the Circles is use a Plane Normal Component (Vector>Plane>Plane Normal) Plug the points that the current geometery are at present in to the O input and for the Z input plug in the vector that set the direction of the original circle moves. then use the planes created by this component as the target planes for the current Orient Component.

If you Direction Vector is being given a series or numbers it seems on my version that it does not give you all the planes, the way i fixed this is disconnect the input series of the direction vector leaving it plugged into the Z of the Plane Normal component and then Pluged the series into the A on an Amplitude vector Component (Vector>Vector>Amplitude then pluged the Amp component into the T on the Move Component.

Hope this helps...
If it does not work up load the code and i will have another look.

Matt

Permalink Reply by maria matheou on March 17, 2010 at 10:13am

hi Matt and thank you for responding!:)I'll try this and I'll inform you about the result!thanx a lot!

Permalink Reply by Matt Gaydon on March 17, 2010 at 12:22pm

Hi Maria

Saw the post earlier with the linked file which i have downloaded at the time but it has now been delete it seems, do you still need me to look at your code or have you fixed the problem.

Matt

Permalink Reply by maria matheou on March 17, 2010 at 2:50pm

I' m very sorry, i thought that i'm deleting from my panel!dizz!If you have the time I'll be very happy!thanx a lot!

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• trial_for_final_1.ghx, 1.3 MB

Permalink Reply by Matt Gaydon on March 17, 2010 at 3:36pm

Hi Maria

I think i have answered the question in your code and i have Grouped it so you can see what i have done. Its a little different to what i explained as the way you have written your code is rather different than how i would do it.

Matt

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• trial_for_final_1_MG_Re-Edit.ghx, 1.3 MB

Permalink Reply by maria matheou on March 18, 2010 at 11:55am

Dear Matt hi,
that's a stupid question but I made save target as the file and it was saved as xml.If i opened the file there is a list, why?is there another way to open the file?

Permalink Reply by Matt Gaydon on March 18, 2010 at 2:19pm

Hi Maria

If i remember right as use Firefox now, when saving the file as target just type .ghx after the file name when asked what to save as leavin the file type as xml and press save and it will become a ghx file.

Hope this helps

Matt

Permalink Reply by maria matheou on March 18, 2010 at 3:02pm

wow!Matt thank you very much!I'm get impressed!:)you are very helpful!i was spending my hours trying to make this.Thank you!I'll be very happy if I could help you any time!:)have a nice night!