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gallerykim
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Hello

I created lines from the bottom edges of the boxes, but there is an issue with point sort. Is there a way to rotate the lines clockwise for each box?

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Hello - Not quite sure if this is what you mean but if you drop down a 'Polypath' then a 'Sort' and sort by vertex order, each of the connected prims will then have pt counts that are sequential along the path.
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Hatchery
I want the orientation of @N to remain consistent and connect in one direction. Since I'm fetching boxes in Unreal, I can't predict the initial point direction. Therefore, after fetching, the points should be sorted clockwise for each box.




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Hi,

You can create an angle attribute in VEX (Point Wrangle) and then sort the points using this attribute:

@angle = degrees ( atan2 ( @P.z, @P.x ) );
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The Labs Sort SOP has a Circular sorting option built into it.
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