I have some troubles with Orient Node!

Seems no automatic "orientation"! ???

Hi Pilou, I think you'll need to supply a coordinate frame at your desired position instead of just a point.

- Michael

Ok but i don't see difference from a simple "Move" + "Rotate Point" against "Orient" + "Rotate Point" ?

And I must find something who give the exact orientation because with sliders there is not "snap" :)
Something like a "given face" gives the orientation of it...or...

And other thing : does the "Native functions" can work only from them ? So making "Orient" just with them...

Hi Pilou,

re:
> Ok but i don't see difference from a simple "Move" + "Rotate Point" against "Orient" + "Rotate Point" ?

Well the regular Transform > Orient command is indeed a combination of movement plus rotation. With something that might have more complex rotations orient could be more convenient. Like if you are applying some kind of repeated rotation on a coordinate frame Orient can take that coordinate frame directly.


> And other thing : does the "Native functions" can work only from them ? So making "Orient" just with them...

Sorry, I don't understand this part.

- Michael

>> And other thing : does the "Native functions" can work only from them ? So making "Orient" just with them...

Actually there are 2 parts of nodes : native and extensions

So i will to know for example if native Orient can be used only with native nodes for obtain an exact results !
Because it was created before the extensions!

Problem for the moment i can't find a simple trick for have the good result!
Difficulties (for me) is transform a selection in a "frame" usable! :)
Orient something following a line or a face...surely trivial but...

Hi Pilou,

> So i will to know for example if native Orient can be used only with native nodes for obtain an exact results !
> Because it was created before the extensions!

Sorry, I don't know the answer to this.


> Problem for the moment i can't find a simple trick for have the good result!
> Difficulties (for me) is transform a selection in a "frame" usable! :)
> Orient something following a line or a face...surely trivial but...

For a curve you could call evaluateTangent on it to get its tangent direction and use that as the z axis of your frame, and you would then need to make the x and y axis directions by doing some vector math like using crossproduct.

If a curve is planar, (crv.isPlanar == true) then you can get the frame of its plane by crv.planarFrame

The next v4 beta will also has that for faces as well.

- Michael

yes but seems all that is in the "extention" parts!

So stay in stand by till I finish the "native" part :)

Section POINTS
http://moiscript.weebly.com/points-e.html

Points Node (English French) not sure of what is this! (from where comes the first curve of points? A simple line of ... by default because I have nothing selected! :)

InterpPts Node (English French)
http://moiscript.weebly.com/points-e.html

SpherePts Node ( English French)

http://moiscript.weebly.com/points-e.html

PolygonPts Node ( English French )

http://moiscript.weebly.com/points-e.html

MovePts Nodes (English French)

http://moiscript.weebly.com/points-e.html

RotatePts Node (English French)

http://moiscript.weebly.com/points-e.html

Added a short synthetic (i wish:) explanation of each yet made Point Node section! :) (English French)
http://moiscript.weebly.com/points-e.html

I am perplex about the ScalePts Node!

Don't work as supposed! (like the previous nodes)

I believe that Points would move away but nothing more than the still start position! ???
(there is nothing drawn on the rest of the screen)

I must miss something!
2 points are selected at the start!

TextPts Node (English) surrely more possiblities but this is working! :)

Clone To Points ( English French) ...and better understand of what was the "Points" Node! (a simple variable 3D Array! :)

http://moiscript.weebly.com/points-e.html

Input Selection inside an Array Base(s) of Points

I must understand how works the ScalePts! ??? Its also used inside JitterPts...
That is for the moment mysterious! (for me) :)

Need some infos about the Modes Step Twist Explode of TransformPTS node :)

ConvertPts Node ( English French) You have the weekend for give me some infos about MathsPts, ScalePts :)
Because i am in the jungle with these 2 last!
Little images of very simple nodes example if possible! Thx by advance!

http://moiscript.weebly.com/points-e.html