hi again andy, the cull Nth doesn't seam to work the way i want it to. if i tell it to cull an index one, it will then cull every one, if i tell it two, it will cull every second one...
what am i doing wrong? thanks carter On Nov 12, 7:19 pm, carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > very clear. thanks. > i am finding grasshopper is like that, most commands require an > absolute break down of the operations that you are trying to achieve. > an interesting way to think. > thanks again. > > On Nov 12, 7:14 pm, Rchitekt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The second part of your question is pretty easy. Use Cull Nth instead > > of Cull Pattern. What your trying to do is to cull the first and last > > items from your list. So, you know the first item will have index > > number of 1. To find the end of your list, just use the List Length > > component. You may have to Cull your list twice, once for the first > > item, and once for the last item, but it should be pretty straight > > forward. This should give you what you need. I can try to put > > together a simple example if it isn't clear enough. > > -Andy > > > On Nov 12, 3:49 pm, carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > hi all, > > > > another two part question. > > > > first, say i create a series of boxes, and then i want to align them > > > along a curve. i took the staircase tutorial and i modified it to do > > > just such a thing. but what if i want to array them with just one edge > > > aligning with the curve? rather than the center of the box. > > > > second part. i set up a slider to have it array a variable number of > > > boxes along the curve. what if i want to eliminate the first and last > > > box? all the cull operators seem to work off of a set number of a > > > list. as in 4 boxes, and no problem, false, true, true, false. but > > > what if i change the slider to 5 boxes? how can i get the cull > > > operator to change to false, true, true, true, false? without > > > changing it manually? > > > i know these are super noob questions, but i think answers will be > > > helpful to lots of people having difficulty with just getting started > > > with grasshopper... > > > > thanks, > > > > carter
