Replace point with solid?

[haneifk]

Hi, I’m trying to do a simple operation and was hoping someone could help me. I watched the videos but it seems they’re geared towards Revit. I’m importing two SATs. One is a planar surface at an angle and one is a pyramid shape. I created a set of points on the plane and want to place a pyramid at one of the points, normal to surface. How do would I move the solid pyramid to the location of the point and rotate it normal to the plane? Thank you.

[Michael_Kirschner]

you want to generate a coordinate system on the surface of the plane, not a point, then use a transformation node to transform the pyramid from its context coordinate system to the one you just built.

First I would try just translating the pyramid to that point

[haneifk]

Michael,

That helped a lot, thank you! I got a column to show up, or a staggered set, but i can’t figure out how to get rows of columns. I’m trying to fill the entire surface with these. Would I have to create another list? But even then, not sure how to get there with a list. Thanks again.

[Michael_Kirschner]

try turning the lacing to cross product on the coordinate system node.
OR try using a combinator node to create the exact inputs you want.
OR use a set of for loops in an imperative block to call this node multiple times with the right inputs
OR use replication guides …

you can search the forum or primer for examples of this stuff

[haneifk]

Thanks Michael,

I got it to work last week, thanks for all your help!
With sliders I can control size, number of rows, columns, and fade-out.

Thanks again

-Haneif