visible vectors

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Permalink Reply by Hannes Löschke on February 23, 2013 at 9:09am

Your top VectorDisplay does not make sense. You combine a set of points and Locust-nodes as anchors (A) with a complex tree structure (not a flat list of points) with the current positions (PT) of the boids as vertices (V). Points can be interpreted as postition vertices for origin to the given point.

If you want to display those vertices from the current position of the boids, input the points (PT) to A and V.

You already have a VectorDisplay, that correctly shows the current velocity vector (VE) at the current Boid position (PT).

You do record all vertices and positions along the path. If you connect RP and RV to a vector display, you will get all velocity vertices at their respective positions along the path.

I don't get, what you are trying to do and what doesn't work...

Permalink Reply by Sarah Shuttleworth on February 23, 2013 at 9:18am

thank you the last part is what i wanted, although i also want to show the input vectors (vectors of the steering behaviour before not of the point output)

What i eventually want to do is  place/move a component onto these points using the vectors as a direction. (similar to when you move a component onto a parametric surface)

Permalink Reply by Hannes Löschke on February 23, 2013 at 9:48am

I'm not a Locust pro but from the looks of it, there is no way to get individual steering components. Locust only outputs position and velocity. The difference between two velocity vectors at t and t+1 is the combined steering, though.

Permalink Reply by Sarah Shuttleworth on February 23, 2013 at 9:49am

ok thanks for the help!

Permalink Reply by Sarah Shuttleworth on February 23, 2013 at 11:07am

my other issue....

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/orient-component-along-ve...