Get Numerica Data from Rhino File

So I had an idea but there might a better way to achieve this. What I would really like to be able to put data into the Rhino file that Grasshopper would see. This way I could use that same grasshopper definition across multiple files. For instance I could put something like Height = 12 in the Rhino file either as text or maybe DocumentUserText. Then you could set up a Pipeline to read that info. This way I could have 1 file with H=6 and one with 12 and the definition would react accordingly. Maybe there is a way to already to this that I am overlooking.

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Nelson on April 2, 2014 at 4:36pm

Actually maybe a better question/comment would be can we see the implentation of the GetUserText and GetDocumentText functions for python. Then I could do exactly what I am after.

Permalink Reply by djordje on April 2, 2014 at 8:38pm

Hi Dennis,

Try this:

Click on the "refresh" button, each time you make some change in Rhino using "GetUserText" and/or "GetDocumentUserText" commands.

Attachments:

GetUserText_GetDocumentUserText.gh, 13 KB
GetUsetText_GetDocumentUserText.3dm, 28 KB

Permalink Reply by Dennis Nelson on April 2, 2014 at 8:48pm

Awesome thanks. That is exactly what I was looking for.

Permalink Reply by Dennis Nelson on April 2, 2014 at 8:57pm

One question and important step I was missing so if just plug a crv object into python it sends a GUID but that's not the same as the GUID of the object in Rhino?

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on April 3, 2014 at 1:38am