Objects disappear when opening clusters

I'm working through an unfamiliar code including clusters and try to comprehend and possibly debug it.

Now that I opened a cluster the objects created within the GH script disappear.

This makes comprehending and debugging the code (contained in the clusters) real hard.

Is this meant to be this way or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,

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Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on October 4, 2011 at 3:00pm

At the moment this is the way its meant to be.

If you want to run it so that the data passes through the components you will have to open the cluster, copy all the components within and then close the unnamed definition and paste the components into you original definition and then hook up the correct wires from the cluster to its corresponding input.

Clusters are still heavily under development, but no further work on them is scheduled until after David's touring.

Permalink Reply by H on October 4, 2011 at 3:36pm

that's what I'm doing at the moment.

I hope this will be changed in future releases as this seems real crucial to me.

thx.

Permalink Reply by Steve Lewis on October 4, 2011 at 3:38pm

Yep, I think clusters are potentially one of the most exciting and powerful things in GH. Think Power Copies in CATIA or generative smart families in REVIT. It woudl be great to also make a searchable library of a users clusters.

Permalink Reply by H on October 4, 2011 at 4:09pm

In the cybernetics and mechatronics engineering community where I'm from this whole 'black box' and 'interdisciplinary system components' thinking is a real big deal.

Without being pretentious or so.. When I first used GH it reminded me of MATLAB/Simulink

http://www.mathworks.com/products/simulink/?BB=1

or dSPACE

http://www.dspaceinc.com/en/inc/home/products/systems/controldesign...

except the audience and their applications heavily differ.

I think many concepts found in Simulink could be transferred or adapted to GH when it comes to (mathematical) structures and algorithms.

Thanks

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