Write to Text File

Lately I've found myself jotting down and formatting notes in Grasshopper then exporting to a text file. (If this is strange to you, I understand completely.) So I've written a quick script making that workflow a bit easier. I know there are other codes out there, but I thought it might be interesting to share nonetheless.

There are some simple built-in safety protocols. It checks for an existing file path first then proceeds with the exporting process. If the specified file contains data the user is prompted with a warning, asking him/her to allow an overwrite or specify a new path.

It also works with CSV files. You will need GHPython.

You're welcome to download it here. Image of it in use below.

Best,
/SPM

EDIT 05/2016: The above file now includes the latest script with the additional functions (append, relative path, etc.).

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Comment by Francesco De Luca on August 14, 2019 at 6:47am: Thank you for the useful component.

Comment by Stephen Maher on June 30, 2017 at 6:20am: Hm. I've never seen those characters before. What text editor are you using?

Comment by Philippe HAMON on June 25, 2017 at 11:38am: Thank you for your answer, CIX is an extension for Biesse woodworking CNC machines, but in reality it's a simple text file, your export grasshopper component adds an annoying "CR" character. Finally I found another GH component which directly writes the text file with the CIX extension and without the "CR" character, it looks more suitable for my needs.

Comment by Stephen Maher on June 25, 2017 at 10:52am: Philippe – I've never tried using this particular script with a CIX file. Do you mind posting the file so I can take a look?

Comment by Philippe HAMON on June 24, 2017 at 4:14am: hi, in the original data set, the text has only got "CRLF" hidden character:

but in the exported data, i find new characters "CR" added:

it's annoying, because the CAM software can't directly open the exported file "syntax error", do I miss something?

Comment by Stephen Maher on April 19, 2017 at 6:11am: tsaohy – What .gcode are you referring to? This is a Python code that only requires the GHPython scripting component.

Are you trying to write a .gcode file with this script?

/SPM

Comment by tsaohy on April 19, 2017 at 4:39am: Hi Stephen. Thanks for sharing this GH file. However, the gcode one doesn't work for me, I'm not sure why, there is no any .gcode file showing up. Thx for helping.

Comment by Stephen Maher on October 23, 2016 at 8:09am: Hey Patrick, mind posting your file so I can take a look? Or shoot me a DM with the file.
/SPM

Comment by Patrick Monte on October 22, 2016 at 11:33pm: This would be really useful to me because I am doing some operations that max out the panel character limit. I've tried writing to excel, but there again hit cell character limits, so I really need to be able to write a text file directly. I seem to be getting encoding errors though:

1. Solution exception:'ascii' codec can't encode character '\u2019' in position 54