Perpendicular Spacing Question

Hi All,

I am having a recurring problem that I need help with.

I am trying to set up connections between these two curves that have a minimum spacing. Right now, the spacing is set from centerline to centerline of each piece. When the angles get too steep, the pieces get too close to each other. I would like the minimum spacing to be set as the perpendicular distance between each rectangle, so each spacing would need to be related to angle of the piece before. I think it might be a scripting issue.

I've attached a two screenshots and a simplified version of the definition.

Thanks everyone!

-Joe

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Permalink Reply by Manuel on December 21, 2011 at 1:04pm

a quick fix is rebuilding the input curves so the division its more uniform or using another division type (by distance or length).

also you can use a base line, divide it with perpendicular frames and then intersect with your inputs curves to find the points... if you use a line not a curve, all the connections between points are going to be parallels (that's will happens if you use a perpendicular spacing between connections)...

Permalink Reply by Andrew Heumann on December 21, 2011 at 1:06pm

dividing by distance doesn't actually help in the situation shown above - that only manages the distance from end point to end point, not the (roughly) perpendicular distance between curves.

Permalink Reply by Andrew Heumann on December 21, 2011 at 1:04pm

Well, I have a sort of solution, but it's a hack. Basically I calculate waaaaaay more curves along the way than necessary, and then cycle through them in a script, selecting each time the next one whose closest distance to the last one is larger than the specified spacing. There are probably smarter scripted ways, but this was the best I could come up with quickly.