Nodebundle for playing with nodes

 From:  bemfarmer
7777.1395 
They call this nitpicking:-)

Modified the text of the .html a little bit. ist = is, places = place, imputs = inputs, rebuilt = rebuild, olaces = placed, orientated = are oriented

"placed TO the rails" or "placed TO the first rail" do not sound quite right to me, but may be OK.
alternatives might be "placed on the rails or "placed along the rails..."

Also the AAABBBCCC placement description was not clear to me.
A description of the ABCABCABC placement would also be helpful.
Or even just AABBCC placement?
A specific example, say 4 objects to place, and two rails...(?)

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The Sweep node has two options available by the RMB:
  • One Rail
  • Two Rails



One Rail:



Takes one Rail for each Sweep. The number of profiles used for each rail is defined by the whole number of profiles divided by the number of rails. The order in which the profiles are placed to the rail is defined by the switch in the infos panel. AAABBBCCC means the first, second, third, ... profile in the objectlist is placed to the first rail.

Two Rails:



Takes pairs of curves from the rail inputs and places profiles from the profiles input to them. The order in which the profiles are placed to the rail is defined by the switch in the infos panel. AAABBBCCC means the first, second, third, ... profile in the objectlist is placed to the first rail pair.





Info Panel



Options under the Info panel:


  • P Seq - which profiles are placed to which rail/rails
  • Twist - Defines how the profiles are oriented to the rail
  • Pointy ends - defines the form of the start and end of the sweep
  • cap ends - closes the start and end profile of the sweep
  • Profiles -defines the precision how the profiles are processed
  • Num Points - has only an effect if NumPoints is chosen under Profiles. It defines the number of points used to rebuilt the profile curves
  • #### - Brian