Question about how to use the 3D proximity

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 26, 2011 at 3:43am

You'll need to flatten the output of Proximity3D so that it matches the layout of your point data. 

This approach ensures that you never get intersecting circles, though it might limit them way too much for your taste...

 

 

 

 

 

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

 

Permalink Reply by Fan Zhang on January 26, 2011 at 11:17am

Thanks so much David, I will give it a try and post the results. BTW, Grosshopper rocks!

Permalink Reply by Fan Zhang on January 26, 2011 at 11:37am

one more question. what is that (a,b) -> (a) block in the middle? I can't seem to find it. 

 

Thanks!

Permalink Reply by taz on January 26, 2011 at 11:48am

Path Mapper.

 

Right-click on the component and check the help tab for syntax suggestions.

 

For what David posted you will have to enter {A;B} and {A}.  The curly brackets and the semi-colons matter for proper operation.

 

Permalink Reply by Fan Zhang on January 26, 2011 at 12:21pm

Thanks taz. this is what I did but it doesn't have any output from the path mapper...

 

I right clicked on the path mapper component. In the Map editor, under source I typed: {A;B} and under target I typed {A}. Did I do something wrong?

 

Thank you!!

Permalink Reply by taz on January 26, 2011 at 12:28pm

Your placeholders need to correspond to the number of levels in the tree structure. 

 

Look at the path names in the panel (alternatively you could use the Param Viewer as David does) you'll see {0;0;0}, {0;0;1}, etc... 

 

Your tree structure has 3 levels, probably due to some other operation further upstream, thus you need 3 placeholders for a valid source mask.

 

{A;B;C} -> {A} will work.

Permalink Reply by Fan Zhang on January 26, 2011 at 12:40pm

WOW neat!! I was trying to find that Param Viewer.

 

This is how it looks now. How come it doesn't pack as tightly as what I expected for a sphere packing?

 

Thanks so much for the help taz

 

 

Permalink Reply by taz on January 26, 2011 at 12:49pm

You can always double click on the GH canvas and search for a component by name.

 

As David said above...

"This approach ensures that you never get intersecting circles, though it might limit them way too much for your taste..."

 

Try changing the parameters (like the group number) to get a denser packing.