Yes and no functions

Hi there,

Is there an easy way to multiply out a shape and then have it restricted to a certain area? So draw a closed spline and tell it to stop multiplying once it reaches that spline?

If this has been answered could you point me in the right direction?

Thanks

Matt

Tags: boolean, boundary, gates, line, no, operations, shapes, yes

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Permalink Reply by pyrit on May 3, 2012 at 1:23am

hi,

i dont fully understand your question but if you aim for a recursive process you could go with hoopsnake component.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew McFetridge on May 8, 2012 at 10:06pm

Thanks for the reply pyrit,

No im not looking for a recursive process sorry. It's more like say I drew a closed circle and that was the boundary to hold another shape (say a diamond) and when the diamonds get resized they stay within the boundary of the circle.

I may have terms very wrong in this post but I'm not tooooo sure how to explain it.. Let me know if this makes sense

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Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on May 3, 2012 at 2:28am

Like Pyrit mentions you could use Hoopsnake but if you wanted to do it with just grasshopper then doing the whole process for a range that encompasses the criteria and then cull everything that doesn't conform would be the only alternative.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew McFetridge on May 8, 2012 at 10:08pm

I think you are on the right track Danny, have a look at my response to pyrit. Hopefully it clears some things up! I'm not sure how to set this up in GH