Array different curves along a curve with spec measurment

wilhelm.broman · July 18, 2018, 3:37pm

Hey guys!

I need help to array maybe 200 different curves along one single curve with 70mm space inbetween. Anyone know how to?

doaa · July 18, 2018, 4:47pm

Hi @wilhelm.broman,
Do you mean you want to array 3 rectangles, 200 times along one curve?
Can you share the file?

wilhelm.broman · July 18, 2018, 6:04pm

A bit more complex than that. I’ve got a client with a old design. I can only get .dxf’s of the curves and not the cad-files. And I need to rebuild the design.

array_test.3dm (3.0 MB)

pascal · July 18, 2018, 6:12pm

Hello - is this at all close?

array_test_Maybe.3dm (104.0 KB)

-Pascal

doaa · July 18, 2018, 6:25pm

Also, Flow instead of array?
DA_array_test.3dm (173.8 KB)

wilhelm.broman · July 18, 2018, 6:49pm

Can’t open your file because you’ve got an newer version of rhino, i’m on Rhino 5. Could you maybe save in older version? Can see a small preview thou and it looks right

wilhelm.broman · July 18, 2018, 6:49pm

Exactly like that, what command?

pascal · July 18, 2018, 7:08pm

Hello - see how this works-

Scale1D your row of curves by snapping the base point to and end point at one end of the row and the first reference point snapping to the corresponding corner of the next curve in the set. Type in 70 and Enter - that will set all the curves to be spaced at 70. Probably easiest to do this in Perspective.
Flow with Rigid=Yes, PreserveStructure=Yes Stretch=No and the Line option for setting the base curve -snap to corresponding corners on the first and last curves in the array. Choose the curvey curve as the target curve.

-Pascal

wilhelm.broman · July 18, 2018, 8:03pm

Thank you so much Pascal!