get rhino layer information for objects

Hello,

Ive been looking for some information to see if I can get object info (specifcally the name of the layer objects are on) from objects that are built in rhino and then referenced in grasshopper. Is there a VB script or something else that can easily do this? basically I am going to bake the text of the objects layer for some diagrams

thanks,
brian.

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Permalink Reply by taz on June 22, 2010 at 11:07am

You could try GH 0.7, it has some new layer referencing features:

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/grasshopper-070030-availa...

Permalink Reply by brian on July 6, 2010 at 10:08am

Im still using GH 0.6.59 for now. is this feasible with a VB script? I cant think of anything directly, but does anyone think this can possibly work?

Permalink Reply by Suryansh Chandra on July 6, 2010 at 10:50am

It's not possible to know what layer the object was on, as GH creates a copy of all objects for its own use, thus losing all such 'metadata' associated with the object.

What is possible, however, is to select objects by layer... as in bring all objects on a particular layer into Grasshopper on a per-layer basis. What 0.70030 does is also similar, just that its also possible to do it through script in 0.60059. Would that solve your purpose at all?

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