Dynamo - Translating points at specified steps

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Hi

I am fairly new to Dynamo and Python, and this might be a very basic question. I have been struggling with something, that feels basic, for way too long. I have created a specific geometry of boundary points (in a list) and polylines that I want to copy in a certain direction (z-axis direction in my case) for a specified amount of times at a given z increment. I have tried translating the points but I can only seem to do a single translation. I do not want to specify a translation numerous times, because the step size and number of steps are dependent on geometry input of a wall family. Surely there must be a way of doing this through a sequence? As an example, I want to copy a grid of points in the X-Y plane, 20 times in the Z-axis direction in increments of 25 mm.

I do not know Python language at all, but I also feel some kind of for loop will be ideal to copy a list of points for increased steps. It will also be more neat and less stringent coding.

Can any assist? Will really appreciate the help.

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No need for Python; you can use Design Script to build your range and move stuff around like this:

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To define a range of numbers we have some options.

start to stop stepping by 1: start..stop;
start to stop stepping by a number: start..stop..step;
start with number of steps of increment: start..#count..step;
start to stop with number steps: start..stop..#count;
start to stop with approximate step: start..stop..~approxStep;

The Dynamo Office Hour on design script has more info here if you’re looking to learn more about them, as does the Dynamo Primer here.

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Told you it is most probably something straight-forward. Thanks @jacob.small, works perfect with some minor tweaks. Really appreciate the help!!

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