that was just perfect! after stupid me changed IDs from 0-7 to 1-8. I know you made a comment about that
one last question is open for me. is it possible via scripting to align the orientation (let´s say z-axis) of the dupes along the normals of the baseSurface? I mean like the surfaceNormals pointing outwards... or would that be just a ridiculous amount of code to write?
besides that - you already made my life a lot easier today!
everything starts and ends in the right place at the right time.