Exercise Create a point from x,y, z coordinates and pass it into the centre point input for the circle. This component has default values set to zero for all inputs, so unless a variable is connected to one of the inputs, a point will be created at the origin point.
(VECTOR/POINT/POINT XYZ) There is also a default value set for the normal direction of the circle (a vector in the z direction) which we will keep. Create a number slider and connect it to the input for the circle radius. You may need to right-click on the slider and edit its properties to ensure it is at an appropriate scale for the profile curve you created earlier.
(PARAMS/SPECIAL/NUMBER SLIDER) Input ‘B’ of the orient component asks for the ‘final plane’ which the geometry will be oriented to. In this case we will create multiple planes which are perpendicular to the circle we created so that our profile curve appears to revolve around a central axis. Add a ‘perpendicular frames’ component. (Note the plural)
(CURVE/DIVISION/PERP. FRAMES) Connect these frames to the orient component to be the goal locations of the orient command.
Pframes has a default value of 10 for ‘N’ which will divide the curve ‘10’ times, creating frames evenly spaced along the circle. Add a slider to increase/ decrease this number and view the outcomes in Rhino. You can edit how large these planes appear in the view menu (view/ plane radius)
(PARAMS/SPECIAL/NUMBER SLIDER)
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