Split Tree Sequence Error

Hi everyone

i am trying to select a specific index (item) in each branch of a tree. i am trying to do that with the Split Tree Compound. To my logic, the selection could be defined by a sequence code. the problem is: the Split Tree Compound is showing a an error message of not recognizing the "tree dots" character as shown in the photo.

p.s: i am using the Mac Version.

Thanks

Zadig

Attachments:

Split Tree Sequence.3dm, 3.6 MB
Split Tree Sequence.gh, 14 KB

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on May 6, 2017 at 6:41am

Ah, you do actually need to type three distinct periods, an ellipsis character is currently not recognised.

Permalink Reply by Zadig on May 6, 2017 at 7:15am

thanks for the correction but is there a way to have a sequence like this list?

{0}[0]

{1}[1]

{2}[2]

{3}[0]

{4}[1]

{5}[2]

{6}[0]

{7}[1] . . .

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on May 6, 2017 at 7:43am

No. You can set paths to be anything you like (although I wouldn't recommend using negative integers), but the item index within lists always starts at zero. The only way to put something at [2], is to have two null items in front of it.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on May 6, 2017 at 7:49am

If you want to modify the paths of a tree, you should consider using the Path Mapper, rather than Split Tree. Splitting only extracts certain items from a tree, it does not modify the paths.

Permalink Reply by Zadig on May 6, 2017 at 11:51am

i thought i can select some index in different branches in a parametric way that develops each step forward like the list i made in my previous comment. The Path Mapper is a bit confusing for me. I am a noob :)

I better rethink my approach to the desired purpose :)

thanks a lot for the help anyway :)

Permalink Reply by Andrew Heumann on May 8, 2017 at 10:02am

The mac panel text editor appears to do some automatic character replacement - " characters to angled quotes, ... to a proper ellipsis character - I think this should be considered a bug, or at least give the user an option to disable it.

Permalink Reply by Zadig on August 12, 2017 at 6:11am

that is true, they need to be spaced so it works as what David said.

Permalink Reply by Joseph Oster on May 8, 2017 at 10:37am