Grasshopper

algorithmic modeling for Rhino

Hi,

 

Can I use grasshopper to instance blocks that are defined in Rhino ?

It would be totally awesome if it could be possible, I want to use it to place placeholders that can be refined later on.

 

thx

sb

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Hoi Sander,

 

Currently thats not possible in grasshopper but you can use the SDK to do it.

Just copy this function into the "custom additional code" body of a vb component and call it from the main subroutine:

 

Function InsertBlock(BlockName As String, insPt As Point3d, dblScale As Double, dblRotation As Double) As Guid

    Dim blockTable As docobjects.Tables.InstanceDefinitionTable = doc.InstanceDefinitions
    Dim block As docObjects.InstanceDefinition = blockTable.Find(BlockName, True)


    Dim move As Transform = Transform.Translation(New Vector3d(insPt))
    Dim scale As Transform = Transform.Scale(point3d.Origin, dblScale)
    Dim rotate As Transform = Transform.Rotation(math.PI * dblRotation / 180, point3d.Origin)

    Dim xform As Transform = move * scale * rotate
    insertBlock = doc.Objects.AddInstanceObject(block.Index, xform)

  End Function

 

On calling it adds the block to your scene directly. To be able to keep track of all the inserted blocks I usually collect the guid's in a global variable.

 

Hope that this helps you out,

Marc

Dag Marc,

 

I've been looking into using the SDK and got stuck, you just unstuck it!

Thanks a bundle !

 

gr

S

 

Hi Marc,

 

I'm wondering if you could help me with a similar problem.  I'm trying to replace the geometry within an existing block with geometry from grasshopper using VB but so far I've had no luck.  Any ideas?

 

Cheers,

Scott

Hey Marc,

 

Stupid script question, when you say "call it from the main subroutine" how do you do that?  It's something I don't quite get with functions yet.

 

Thanks in advance,

ryan

Hi Marc,

I am a rather new user to VB scripts and would really like to know the answer to Ryan's question as well - any chance you can share?

Thanks!

Neil

Hi Marc

This is really great - except that it places a new block every time I update settings like a slider value. Can you suggest a way to show the block in GH style preview and bake like other GH data?

Thanks!

Chris 

Hi Marc,

I am a rather new user to VB scripts and would really like to know the answer to Ryan's question as well - any chance you can share?

Thanks!

Neil

VERY GOOD!!!BUT FOR NEW USERS

Dim blockTable As docobjects.Tables.InstanceDefinitionTable = doc.InstanceDefinitions
Dim block As docObjects.InstanceDefinition = blockTable.Find(BlockName, True)

Dim move As Transform = Transform.Translation(New Vector3d(insPt))
Dim scale As Transform = Transform.Scale(point3d.Origin, dblScale)
Dim rotate As Transform = Transform.Rotation(math.PI * dblRotation / 180, point3d.Origin)
Dim xform As Transform = move * scale * rotate
A = doc.Objects.AddInstanceObject(block.Index, xform)

Hi guys,

You might read this post...there you find a complete solution to this inserting block. I've posted a version Preview blocks and bake them...

The script also get's sure the block is updated each time the geometry changes and is suppressing the annoying prompt from rhino when a block already exists.

Best regards

FF

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