Map Pyramid onto Loft Surface then Point Pyramids to Attractor Points

Hey guys, as a first post I wanted to first thank everyone for the contributions to the forum and making this a great platform to learn GH. Even simply through tweaking uploaded scripts I learned alot from here.

I just need some help with this script, which makes a pretty simple project:

Loft a surface, onto which create a grid.

Map a square based pyramid rhino object onto the interstices.

Point the pyramids towards an attractor point.

I think I have most pieces of the puzzle, but am just missing the final orientation. After I feed the Orient Direction box I get a crazy monster, which projects AWAY from my lofted surface as well as scales my pyramids.

Can anyone please point out where I went wrong? Thanks!

-Raf

Tags: attractor, loft, map, point, pyramid, surface

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Permalink Reply by Rafael Ng on February 22, 2012 at 8:59am

bump? Does anyone have any tips on how to use Orient without changing the scaling or moving my object?

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Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on February 22, 2012 at 9:11am

I don't see the same result as your image. What happens when you bake the Orient Component?

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Permalink Reply by Martin Dembski on February 22, 2012 at 9:20am

Hi Rafael,

have a look at the attached.

Edit: I also don't see the same result like in the image, just thought the problem woul be the orientation to the attractor point.

Best,

Martin.

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Permalink Reply by John Gulliford on February 22, 2012 at 9:51am

i approached it a little different, see if this gives your desired result

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Permalink Reply by Rafael Ng on February 22, 2012 at 2:55pm

hey guys thanks for all the input! not just for the end product but for the clarity through which you arrived at your solutions! i learned alot from this =)

Martin your solution was closest to the way I envisaged solving the problem. thanks for improving on my script and showing me how i should've done it. I think in the beginning I was actually trying to get to what John had created, where the edges of each pyramid actually touch each other and I was hoping to figure out a way of aligning them AFTER the pyramids were placed on the lofted surface. Thanks for thinking outside of the box to create this elegant form John!

I'd buy you a guys a beer if I could but alas just a simple thank you will have to suffice for now.