list managament - is there a better way

I have two lists, containing four circles each. I want to loft item 0 of each list, item 1 of each list, and so on, as shown in the attached definition. I feel there must be a better way of doing this, especially if I increase the number of circles within the lists?.. I can't imagine pulling out a list item for each pair of circles as I have done, if I have 50 circles.

Perhaps I'm not constructing the solution properly from the get go?

Help would be appreciated.

Thanks!..

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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on October 3, 2010 at 5:18pm

graft and weave can combine to do what you want.

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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on October 3, 2010 at 6:17pm

In general, if you find yourself pulling out large rows of any component, you could probably solve the problem more elegantly by using branching and data trees. Spending some extra time to learn them well saves a lot of time in the long run.

Permalink Reply by Giulio Piacentino on October 4, 2010 at 2:14am

Hi Ry,

here two other ways you can use: Matrix flipping and Path mapper, in increasing generality.

- Giulio
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McNeel Europe, Barcelona

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Permalink Reply by ry on October 8, 2010 at 6:27am

Thanks Benjamin and Giulio,

This is terrific. I knew there was a better way and this opens up another way of approach that for some reason, just wasn't clicking with me.

cheers...

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