sorting data into branches

i have a set of curves whose centroid are contained within larger curves. after finding which centroids fall into these larger curves, i want to be able to sort the original set of curves into branches so that i can use one vector per branch to move and scale them all by the same factors. i am thinking this may have something to do with duplicating a vector for as many times as there are curves within each container, but i am not sure how to go about sorting the original set of curves based on this pattern. any help would be appreciated!

see the attached screenshot/model. the green curves are the ones i want sorted into branches, and the blue curves are their respective containers.

thank you!

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sort-by-container.3dm, 79 KB
sort-by-container.png, 20 KB

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Permalink Reply by Dedackelzucht on March 10, 2011 at 4:18am

is that what you are looking for?

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sortbycontainer_Dackel.ghx, 39 KB

Permalink Reply by Andrew Heumann on March 10, 2011 at 7:57am

If I'm interpreting your question correctly, I think this is the solution you're after:

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sort_by_container.png, 65 KB

Permalink Reply by Dedackelzucht on March 10, 2011 at 9:47am

ah, that makes sense :-) I think you got it

Permalink Reply by sean wong on March 10, 2011 at 1:05pm

thanks for the reply

i tried using your definition based on your screenshot but when i get the Dispatch output i only get the first set of curves within the first container (the ones you've labeled with the {0;3;0} path). how did you dispatch the curves within the other two containers?

Permalink Reply by sean wong on March 10, 2011 at 1:18pm

got it to work! i didn't flatten the initial set of curves properly in the rest of the definition i'm working on. thanks again for your solution!

Permalink Reply by Andrew Heumann on March 11, 2011 at 10:51am

oh whoops my mistake - had meant to upload the GHX, not the PNG. Glad you got it working regardless!

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