Kplanar to any geometry

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Piker on September 2, 2012 at 11:08am

Hi Avishek,

The planarize component is a force

This means it cannot be used on its own, but works as an input to a simulation.

The way Kangaroo works is to take a collection of forces and points, then iteratively simulate how those forces will move those points, and output their updated positions.

The different forces set different goals for the positions of sets of points, such as planarize trying to keep a group of points in a common plane, or spring trying to keep 2 points at a certain distance apart.

Usually you will have a number of different forces, all pulling the points in different directions, and through the process of relaxation an equilibrium of these forces is reached.

Please try looking at the manual / tutorial links / example files on the Kangaroo page for more information.

If all you want to do is take some separate non planar polygons and make each of them planar, without interaction between them, there is no need for Kangaroo - just project all the vertices of each polygon to their best fit plane using standard grasshopper components.

hope that helps

Daniel