[PD] curve3d alternative

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Tue, 16 Nov 2010, mami music wrote:

> Hi everyoneI need to create a grid in GEM in which i can control each 
> node independently. I tried using [curve3d] but the transposition of one 
> node affects its neighbors (as this object is intended to work). What i 
> need is something that would be capable of creating some sort of 
> histogram, where each node can take a Z value independently.  I guess 
> that if i use [curve] and use the resolution equal to the number of 
> nodes i could achieve the effect, but i would be dealing with many 
> independent entinties and would have to duplicate them to achieve the 
> orthogonality of the mesh.

Try [gf/gl] from GridFlow. It can integrate well and it's message-based 
instead of object-based, which means that making custom geos such as what 
you want can be done by sending some simple messages, without need for 
[repeat] nor complicated nets of [GEMglVertex3f] objects with lots of [+] 
and [-] and [*] around.

First, you send a "begin quads" message and then a number of "vertex $1 $2 
$3" messages using [until] or [for] or [foreach] or whatever other means 
of looping you have. No need to care for routing what comes of [gemhead], 
you don't need it (just convert it to a bang using [b]). Don't forget to 
send an "end" message at the end of the shape.

   http://gridflow.ca/
   http://gridflow.ca/help/gf/gl-help.html

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