How to extract the vector from each segment

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I need help rotating every other link on chain

[Chain_2021Jan17a] Chain_2021Jan17a.gh (17.3 KB)

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Chain/Necklace Hanging Simulation

This constructs a catenary curve of arbitrary length between endpoints (volume centroids of the two end links in the chain). Length is adjusted manually so the 81 links don’t collide, but this is based only on visual inspection so avoiding collisions needs more work. [necklace_2023Jun4a] As I write this, I added a Collision Many|Many component (VERY SLOW! 29 seconds) to detect collisions and nudged the ‘Length’ slider, trying to avoid them - but apparently there is more to it than that… By…