text from Rhino to GH

Dear Forum!!

Its been a long time since I don't post anything so I decided to do so.

How can you introduce text from Rhino canvas (imported from another CAD software) to Gh definition.

I have a set of closed curves in Rhino that contains inside some text. I need to get the curves (easy) and the text inside GH, to later perform a "containment check" operation to identify each text with its curve (container).

thanks

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Permalink Reply by Sylvain Usai on September 11, 2013 at 9:03am

Horster plugin (http://www.food4rhino.com/project/horsterreference) have a "read text objects component" it output the location of all the texts as points and, of course, the texts itself.

By the way, I first tried something like that on ghPython :

import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
a = rs.TextObjectText(x)

where x is the Guid if a text object but it returns null. Any ideas why? (the same operation returns the text in IronPython... is that function not yet implemented on gh).

Permalink Reply by Anders Holden Deleuran on September 12, 2013 at 3:19am

Since you are attempting to reference objects within the Rhino document, you probably just need to change the scriptcontext, like so:

import Rhino as rc
import scriptcontext as sc

# Set the script context to the current Rhino doc
sc.doc = rc.RhinoDoc.ActiveDoc

# Do your Rhino doc business...

# Then set the script context back to the Grasshopper doc
sc.doc = ghdoc

Permalink Reply by Anders Holden Deleuran on September 12, 2013 at 3:28am

Edit: Just tested the above. Seems to work. Attached the files. Also, hi Pep :)

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RefTextPython.3dm, 35 KB
RefTextPython.gh, 6 KB

Permalink Reply by Pep Tornabell on September 12, 2013 at 3:34am

thanks anders!!
hope everything is fine with your life :) are you going to Design Modelling Symposium?

Permalink Reply by Anders Holden Deleuran on September 12, 2013 at 11:43am

Thanks Pep, I'm doing good indeed. Likewise. Unfortunately I will be presenting at a different conference in Milan around the same time, I am however represented by our director Christian Derix in the keynotes. So I'll be there in spirit of sorts ;)

Permalink Reply by Rasmus Holst on October 1, 2013 at 2:18am

You always seem to have the answer on Python questions :) Impressive. Do you know how to get the coordinate of the text/ID reference point as well?

Permalink Reply by Anders Holden Deleuran on October 1, 2013 at 2:57am

I can do you one better ;) By reading the RhinoCommon properties of the TextObject it is pretty straight forward to extract the plane of the text, giving you the orientation as well. See attached..

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