Change the order of a list of points

[Zander]

Hi sorry for the very newb question.

But could anyone tell me, how to change the order, of a list of points?
I would like to create a polyline that goes from point to point in a particular order.

But instead of going in the order shown, goes from point 0 to 2,3,4,1, for example

Thanks!
Point Order.gh (4.1 KB)

[martinsiegrist]

Not at my computer but first thing I’d try would be a circle fit through all five points. If that doesn’t work, I’d try something with a convex hull

[Joseph_Oster]

Point Order_2024Sep21a.gh (9.3 KB)

Point Order_2024Sep21b.gh (7.7 KB)

[Zander]

Thanks Joseph & Martin

Yes that works great for this example
But what if you didn’t want it to go in a radial pattern?
Say you wanted to go from 0 to 3 to 1,2,4… for example
Is there not just a way to manually re-order the list?

Cheers

[Joseph_Oster]

@Zander

Say you wanted to go from 0 to 3 to 1,2,4… for example
Is there not just a way to manually re-order the list?

Of course there is. You can replace the Series component in this version with a text panel list of point indices.

Point Order_2024Sep21cc.gh (6.9 KB)

[Zander]

Ah ok, that worked great!
Something like this:

Thanks Joseph!