BARCODE GENERATOR IN Grasshopper

Hi,

I would like to laser engrave barcodes to my unfolded structure parts, for easier identification.

I have my ID numbers of the parts in integers.

Is it possible to write a barcode converter in grasshopper which converts integers into differents stripes (barcodes) to be engarved or printed?

Thanks for any help in advance.

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Permalink Reply by djordje on February 6, 2013 at 3:40pm

Hi Balázs,

Of course it is possible. Just it would require a knowledge of what each character represents in terms of number of lines, thicknesses, mutual distances...

An easier way to do this in a word processing application or Office package is to just use the appropriate bar code font.
I tried using one of those bar codes fonts (I think it was "code 128") some time ago, in Grasshopper 0.8.0066 version (at least I think it was that one). I simply copied the integers into Panel and tried to change the font to "code 128". But Grasshopper did not support the font.

Maybe you could try checking whether something changed at newest 9+ versions?

Or use a different bar code font?

Permalink Reply by Balázs Hegedus on February 6, 2013 at 5:01pm

THanks for the idea, however I am not sure its possible to connect GH to the OFFICE package in an automated way. Actually I want to generate the barcodes within Grashopper.

Permalink Reply by djordje on February 6, 2013 at 5:14pm

I was just making an example of how you could convert your numbers into the bar code by simply changing the font in Word or Excel. You can connect Excel to Grasshopper with a few custom components (gHowl, Lunchbox...) but it seems the Grasshopper does not support this kind of font. Or at least it was at 0.8.0066 version.

Permalink Reply by Mateusz Zwierzycki on February 6, 2013 at 5:26pm