How to use timer without a script component ?

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Heumann on December 18, 2012 at 11:31pm

I think this works:

The end panel will increment by one every time the timer updates. To reset the count to 0 just hit the "X" on the recorder.

Permalink Reply by David Stasiuk on December 19, 2012 at 1:44am

You could also download Giulio Piacentino's "the engine" which has some nice features about starting and stopping, time intervals, etc...

http://www.giuliopiacentino.com/grasshopper-tools/

Permalink Reply by Olivier on December 19, 2012 at 5:08am

Thanks for your help guys.

@ Andrew : yes it works and without scripting, but it's not a clever method in my opinion : the list in Mass Addition component will quickly become huge if you run that for a long time...

@ David : I had a look at Giulio Piacentino's scripts and he just creates a timer inside them. It's possible to have a same result using the Timer component and a far more simple script :

 

 

I search a more direct solution (without scripting, just using integrated components), but I don't know if it's possible...

Permalink Reply by Igor on December 19, 2012 at 9:34am

The most simple way to use the counter from Kangaroo add-on.....

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Permalink Reply by Antonio Turiello on December 19, 2012 at 10:59am

Hi Olivier,

you can also use my GENERATION counters if you want.

Permalink Reply by Olivier on December 19, 2012 at 2:07pm

Thanks again, I finally made my own counter component.

@Antonio : the last video on your GENERATION page is nice :-)