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Spyder
09-25-2002, 02:27 AM
how do i find the distance of a curve in GRID units not in U or V. I have trieed the arc length tool and and also the distance tool. the arc lenght only give me u and v. The distance tool does not work with a curve.
jschleifer
09-25-2002, 04:46 AM
you can use the curveInfo node..

createNode curveInfo;

connectAttr curveShape1.worldSpace[0] curveInfo1.inputCurve;

then check the attribute arcLenght for the length of the curve

-jason
ACFred
09-25-2002, 06:20 AM
Yeah, curveInfo node is super handy. Another I've been using lately is the distanceBetween node.
It's really nice if you want to change attributes on an object based on it's relationship to another object.

the method is distanceBetween.distance to give you the output you need.

Das ist alles...

Alec
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