"reverse" attractor effect

been investigating several attractor deff, but am trying to do the reverse effect of what they all do. that is, have the density around the point and decays with distance.

basically the reverse effect as this : http://designreform.net/2008/06/rhino-patterning-based-on-point-dis...

any ideas on how to accomplish this?

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Permalink Reply by Stuart Fingerhut on February 8, 2010 at 12:13pm

so this is where i'm at :http://www.grasshopper3d.com/photo/album/show?id=2985220%3AAlbum%3A...

kinda able to keep highlight the area where the pt is located, then decay as the circles get farther from the pt.

seeing if anyone has any alt ideas for making this work w/ a crv AND/OR w/ less fall off decay.

thanks!

Permalink Reply by Mikhail Orlov on March 24, 2010 at 1:03pm

can u please share a part of the code where you invert it?

Permalink Reply by Evan C on February 8, 2010 at 2:42pm

looks like you got it. for a curve just use 'closest pt on curve' to control falloff try a graph mapper.

Permalink Reply by Stuart Fingerhut on February 8, 2010 at 3:36pm

awesome! got the curve to work now.

but not sure where the graph mapper gets plugged in.

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Permalink Reply by Evan C on February 9, 2010 at 7:26am

the graph mapper lets you control the falloff. give it a list of numbers between 0 & 1 and it will output numbers between 0 & 1, remapped based on the graph. it's a handy tool.

take a look at the attached def. also, note how I use domain components to get the max/min distance values.

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graphmap_example.ghx, 110 KB

Permalink Reply by Stuart Fingerhut on February 9, 2010 at 1:45pm

dude, you rock! cheers for the help!

Permalink Reply by Evan C on February 10, 2010 at 1:51am

no problem. i just figured this out myself, happy to pass it on.

Permalink Reply by Stuart Fingerhut on March 24, 2010 at 2:15pm

yeah, posted updates in my album.

Permalink Reply by Benjamin Berr on December 11, 2010 at 8:12pm

I've also been doing some research on "reverse attractors" for some panels we are going to fabricate. I've been struggling with applying multiple curves to the definition you listed, is there any way you could help me out?

Permalink Reply by Stuart Fingerhut on December 13, 2010 at 2:25am

i'd be glad to help via email. however, i am slammed for the next week & 1/2 finishing up my thesis and grad show, so shoot me a heads up in 2 weeks. thanks!

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