Growth effect with the nearpoints function and foreach loop in a sop solver | VEX

[al.al.]

Hi there,

I am facing a problem where I am trying to create a growth effect with the foreachloop, where it creates a polyline for every new point it found with the nearpoint function and add it to the group "start".

So the issue is mainly that the foreach loop starts always from the first point of the starting group and not the last it has been added, therefore it creates overlapping points and lines. :/

How would you solve this in VEX with the foreach loop? Thanks for any help in advance!

 

 

 

 

 

odForce_growthEffect.hiplc

[fencer]

Check an idea.

odForce_growthEffect_v02.hiplc

[al.al.]

@Fencer Thanks very much! It's exactly what I was looking for.

 

On 4/13/2023 at 6:52 PM, fencer said:

Check an idea.

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[hannes603]

On 4/13/2023 at 6:52 PM, fencer said:

Check an idea.

odForce_growthEffect_v02.hiplc 141.68 kB · 14 downloads

thats interesting..  I dont really get the find function part. how can it avoid  that all points connect?

[fencer]

On 4/18/2023 at 6:25 AM, hannes603 said:

thats interesting..  I dont really get the find function part. how can it avoid  that all points connect?

For example, you have points 1,2,3. Point 1 found point 2 as closest and add this point into array (taken), then point 3 found point 2 as well, so point 3 checks array if this point is already taken, if taken = skip, if not taken = create line and add this point into array (taken).

Function "Find" - Returns the position of the first occurrence of the target value within the array. OR checking array for existing value in it, in our case searching taken point number.

[hannes603]

17 hours ago, fencer said:

For example, you have points 1,2,3. Point 1 found point 2 as closest and add this point into array (taken), then point 3 found point 2 as well, so point 3 checks array if this point is already taken, if taken = skip, if not taken = create line and add this point into array (taken).

Function "Find" - Returns the position of the first occurrence of the target value within the array. OR checking array for existing value in it, in our case searching taken point number.

 

19 hours ago, fencer said:

For example, you have points 1,2,3. Point 1 found point 2 as closest and add this point into array (taken), then point 3 found point 2 as well, so point 3 checks array if this point is already taken, if taken = skip, if not taken = create line and add this point into array (taken).

Function "Find" - Returns the position of the first occurrence of the target value within the array. OR checking array for existing value in it, in our case searching taken point number.

thanks a lot! got it