I think that either the orient component is broken in some cases or it's really weird to use. I'm going to go with the first option. There's probably a better way of doing it, but if its planar surfaces what you want to orient, try this: http://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/orient_torus.jpg It recreates the surface inside grasshopper already in the frame, so it doesn't have to reorient geometry
On Nov 8, 10:57 pm, jvannest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've simplified the problem to just 4 grasshopper components. An image > (Shingles-on-torus-Frame_VS_Plane.jpg) of the simple problem is > here... > > http://groups.google.com/group/grasshopper3d/web/Shingles-on-torus-Fr... > > ... I'm pretty sure that the /Surface Frames/ command does not supply > the data to the /Orient/ command correctly. What is the difference > between a Frame and a Plane? The addition of a normal? Maybe that will > help me get to the bottom of this. > > Curiously, > > Jason > > On Nov 8, 1:43 pm, jvannest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > I am trying to do something just like taz's "orient_shape_to_srf.png", > > but am having a spot of trouble. The simple goal is to regularly > > distribute small surfaces on a torus. > > > "Shingles-on-torus.3dm.zip" and "Shingles-on-torus.jpg" are uploaded > > to demonstrate the confusion. In summery, [1] the torus is divided > > into curves, [2] the curves are divided regularly for points, [3] the > > tangents of those points are used to set up local planes. Finally, [4] > > those local planes are used for the orient command, but for a reason I > > cannot understand the distributed polygon fly off the torus! > > > Does anyone have an idea for why this might happen? > > > Thank you, > > > Jason
