Ann, You could also check out the now classic "Patterning with 2 Attractor Points" tutorial by Dave Fano.
It seems like you might be headed in the same direction. http://designreform.net/2008/07/08/grasshopper-patterning-with-2-attractor-points/ taz On Oct 31, 11:58 am, David Rutten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ann, > > you don't need scripting for this, though you may need a fairly recent > version which has a proper Dispatch component (to be honest, I don't > actually know if the most recent public build has the fixed Dispatch > component). > > What you do is you measure the distance from each point in your grid > to both the sample points. Then you plug these distances into an > Expression F(x,y) component and compare them "x < y". > > If x is closer, the result will be TRUE, if y is closer the result > will be FALSE. You can then use this stream of TRUE and FALSE values > to split your force vector stream (look for Dispatch or Split > components) > > -- > David Rutten > Robert McNeel & Associates > > On Oct 31, 5:22 pm, Ann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In my Rhino file I have a rectangular grid of points and 2 external > > points. I am trying to get the grid points to determine which one of > > the 2 external points is closer so the grid points will act upon the > > closer point. Then I that point can be inputted into the vector two > > point function. > > > I am trying to figure this out using the grasshopper boolean logic > > ("if/then" statement). But I'm not sure if this is the correct > > approach or if there is an better way. I am running the previous > > version of grasshopper, not the latest version, which allows > > scripting. > > > Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. > > > Thank you > > > Ann
