Hi Michael,

> I think you had asked about that previously?

Yes, I did and you've come back with exactly what was asked, WOW!!!

Now that's what I call power with ease, I did mention in that post that I was a lazy designer,
now with these new tools that smile of satisfaction has grown.

If only all software support/developers actually listened to their customer needs, what a better and less
frustrating computing world it would be.

Thanks again Michael great work, or should I say fun.

> For the array improvements (brilliant) - maybe you could
> somehow implement those functions but along a path. Is
> this doable?

Hi Bruce - actually the existing Transform / Array / Curve command is able to apply those same kinds of functions along a path.

When you use that array on curve command, the extent is fixed to be the length of the curve.

If you enter an item count, the offset distance will be calculated for you.

On the other hand if you enter an offset distance, the item count is automatically calculated for you by fitting as many objects as possible along the curve, its similar to the way as shown with the new options for Array Dir.

But there isn't currently a way to interactively adjust the offset distance by clicking on the curve, you just have to enter different values to adjust it instead of by dragging with the mouse. Tomorrow I'll take a look at what is involved in adding that, it may actually not be very difficult for me to add that in there. If I could add that it would then give Array curve the same kind of interactive adjustment feel.

- Michael

Hi Danny, great! I'm glad that will be useful for you.

In the future I also do still want to make that pop-up panel work as a calculator as well in addition to this. But that will be a fair amount more work to make that happen so that part will have to wait for some other time.

- Michael

Hi Michael,

> In the future I also do still want to make that pop-up panel work as a calculator.
> But that will be a fair amount more work to make that happen.

Yeh, you mentioned that last time, even if you don't get the chance, the math functions will be
great as they are but I guess you'll have to eventually make the popup function for the pen
tablet side of things.

Cheers
Danny

Hi Danny,

> but I guess you'll have to eventually make the popup function
> for the pen tablet side of things.

Certainly for that, but also in addition to that it should be possible for me to add a useful feature to the calculator style stuff to make it able to hold several different "memory slots" of numbers where you can store the results of a calculation that you may want to recall later on for use in other spots.

Eventually...

But yeah probably the new quick in-line formula evaluation will actually be more useful than the full calculator would be for just simple things.

- Michael

gee... hehe... very nice, Michael. Only one note...

You cannot change a direction of the array after picking offset or extent point for Offset,Extent mode (when tracking line appears)?

Petr

Hi Petr, yes it is possible to change the direction - the way it works is the direction is always taken towards the last point picked, regardless of whether that final point is the offset or extent point.

So when you move the final point over to the "other side" of the original line, the array will just flip direction over that way.

- Michael

Hi Bruce, you had asked:

> For the array improvements (brilliant) - maybe you could somehow
> implement those functions but along a path. Is this doable?

Today I was able to add a similar function in for Array Curve.

The way it works is the point for the first offset distance will be displayed, and you can now grab that point to edit the offset distance by sliding along the curve, rather than only by typing in a distance value.

So this now allows for more interactive type adjustments like this:



- Michael

That is so cool! I love the tools you keep developing Michael keep it coming. Thanks again!

That is brilliant. I am used to dealing with requests taking months, sometimes years to get fulfilled...and you've done it in a couple of days. Super impressed.

Hi Michael,

Would it be too weird, if the Array/Curve worked in this manner as well?

- launch command Array/Curve
- push a Done button without selecting an object to array
- in this case, the point object was placed at the curve start point
- this new point became the object to array

It means the Array/Curve could be used as a Divide curve command in Rhino.

Petr

Hi Petr, interesting idea... But yeah it maybe seems somewhat unintuitive for someone to think to try that (use the array function with no objects that is) to get equally spaced points.

It seems like a Divide command would maybe be a more expected place to find that kind of function.

One thing I had thought of was having options in a Divide command for either placing points, trimming the curve into multiple segments instead of just adding points, and maybe also producing a polyline from the curve as well.

So that seems like enough functions to make a separate divide function be worthwhile.

- Michael

Thank you ! I am realy happy that one of my wishes from the wishlist
has been fullfilled ... and in an awsomes extend !
thanks a lot !
Peter