Move elements one specific way

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Permalink Reply by Hannes Löschke on March 13, 2012 at 1:30pm

well that really depends on how you get to your "specific direction".

Can you provide your definition or at least a screenshot?

Permalink Reply by Katrine Andreasen on March 13, 2012 at 2:02pm

I want to move the elements as the curve moves outward, but when I tried some moved with the curve(as they should) other towards the curve?

Permalink Reply by Katrine Andreasen on March 13, 2012 at 2:10pm

This is how I put it together.

Permalink Reply by Arie-Willem de Jongh on March 13, 2012 at 4:32pm

Ok let me get this straight, you offset your base curve then you get the curve closest point of the offsetted curve. This for getting the desired vector for moving your elements, right? The only thing i can come up with now, is that your offset curve is doing 'weird' things. Sometimes it fragments your base curve and offset some parts on one side and some on the other.

You can usually fix this by rebuilding your base curve or simplifying it before offsetting it. Another option is to use the component offset loose, which moves the curves' control points.

If this is not the case, post your def, so i can take a look.

Cheers!

Permalink Reply by Katrine Andreasen on March 14, 2012 at 5:45am

yes. I would like that when I offset my curve, the elements which the offset curve moves against, follows the offset curve. But it won't work

I post my grasshopper file, rhino is to big. It contains an autocad file.

Attachments:

• experiment and process.gh, 1.1 MB

Permalink Reply by Arie-Willem de Jongh on March 14, 2012 at 5:30pm

Hey! I looked at your def, but unfortunatley there is a lot of geometry referenced from your rhino model, so i wasnt able to check it proper. Have you checked your offsetted curve, if it was offsetted in the right way? See below: