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Using vectors to translate geometry

Using vectors to translate geometry

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Using vectors to translate geometry

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- [Instructor] To perform certain common 3D modeling commands, such as Move, Rotate, and Mirror, Dynamo requires geometry data types called vectors and plains as inputs. First, we'll cover what vectors and plains are and how they're constructed. Then we'll apply them to Dynamo's translate, rotate, and mirror notes. We begin this video with two polygons, a square and a triangle. Both of these shapes are constructed with a list of points that are fed into the polygon by Points node which we covered earlier in the chapter. We also have a list create note that contains these two polygons in a list. Now you're probably already used to using the Move command in AutoCAD or Revit. In Dynamo, the note that performs the move function is called translate. We can find the Translate node in the Geometry library, under the Modifiers, Geometry section. Of the few nodes named Translate, I'm going to select the one that just takes direction as an input. This Translate node takes two inputs. Geometry…

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