Hey, Everyone, I have been digging through old topics for a while now and am still having a few issues dealing with rotating families to be perpendicular to a surface or curve. Here is what I have so far. ###This [image] ##Yields this [image] For some, it is working, but it is a hit or miss. …

Hi John, I’ve struggled with this in the past, this is what I came up with back then: [image] [image]

Thanks! Let me check it out for my use case.

Hello John, seems like we all struggled when doing this haha This is my approach : [image] [image]

[image] Mohammadz: seems like we all struggled when doing Right? When I started working on it, I was like “Shouldn’t be too bad”. Hours later I’m like “:unamused:”

Hi @john_pierson Here is another possible way… Now you got so many solutions to use :smile: [image]

Thanks everyone! Will try these shortly Got something else right now. :slight_smile:

hi all I have tried your resources, I find this to be very good, but one thing is that I want to control the distance between families or the number of them, what do I do here? thanks you Array curve.dyn (43.5 KB)

@khuvv.hp , can you go ahead and open a new topic with any screenshots that may help answer your question.

I created a new topic but no one helped me, Can you hlep me?

Curve point at parameter. 0…1…#n and this “n” can be fed with numbers you want.

Place Family Perpendicular to Curve/Surface

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john_pierson May 4, 2017, 3:28pm 5

Right? When I started working on it, I was like “Shouldn’t be too bad”. Hours later I’m like “”

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Place Family Perpendicular to Curve/Surface

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