DataTree,List,Item access from grasshopper-python

Hi,

I'm using the python component for grasshopper, and have wondered to access to the data structure which grasshopper consists.

using a=ghdoc seems to be efficient for output, but I can't get the right data structure as input.

anything will help.

I'm sure that I'm using the latest component(v0.4.1.1)

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Permalink Reply by Giulio Piacentino on May 12, 2011 at 3:04pm

Hi Yasushi,

attached here is a simple example to iterate a tree.

- Giulio

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EDIT: See on GitHub how to convert a GH tree in a Python list of lists, and vice versa.

Attachments:

simple-datatree.ghx, 47 KB

Permalink Reply by Yasushi Sakai on May 15, 2011 at 8:02pm

Hi, Giulio

Thanks for the fast reply!

I will take a try and play around with your sample!

Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on June 10, 2011 at 4:02pm

Instantiating a Data Tree seems a little trickier:

link to script

files attached

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Attachments:

layer_tree.ghx, 25 KB
layer tree test.3dm, 46 KB

Permalink Reply by Giulio Piacentino on June 10, 2011 at 4:53pm

DataTree should be made specific with a simple type, like Brep, for example.

Then, layerTree.AddRange(geoms, path) can fill the tree with an enumerable (Add with a single object).

- Giulio

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Attachments:

layer_tree_add_range.ghx, 25 KB

Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on June 10, 2011 at 5:39pm

Thank you Giulio, That works perfectly!

Permalink Reply by Andrew Kudless on February 6, 2012 at 3:23am

Hi guys,

Could you give an even simpler example of how to add a datatree for output? Your first example (reading datatrees) was really clear, but I got lost on second example dealing with layernames.

Here's what I want to do:

I have a for loop in which a new list of points is created at every loop. I want to build a datatree so that each list of points is on a new branch and output from the component.

Thanks,

Andrew

Permalink Reply by Andrew Kudless on February 6, 2012 at 3:35am

Well, I kind of figured it out (I was caught up in casting the wrong type). Still, a simple example would be great because I think I barely understand what I just did.

Permalink Reply by Giulio Piacentino on February 8, 2012 at 3:51pm

Hi Andrew. Yes, DataTree isn't a very simple construct by its very nature... it's easiest when it can be avoided entirely, really... a way might be to graft the list output of your script.

At the same time, maybe I can come up with a simpler example if I can use Add() and not AddRange(). Would that be appropriate in your maybe larger case?

- Giulio
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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on March 4, 2012 at 1:34pm

I think it's reasonable to assume that scripters will often want to be able to create DataTrees.

Is there a way to create a DataTree with dynamic data? How could I create a DataTree that holds lists of strings, numbers, and geometry?

Permalink Reply by Giulio Piacentino on March 5, 2012 at 6:27am

Hi Benjamin,

it is reasonable that scripters need to use DataTrees but also highly improbable that they need to construct them directly. 95% of the scripts handle lists and single items and return lists. Grasshopper then iterates the logic to create the tree. However, rare cases where full tree creation is needed do come up, so the possibility is provided by the Grasshopper SDK.

I would really not suggest to mix different data types into a single DataTree output. This might indicate instead that multiple output trees should be given as outputs. I cannot identify a single Grasshopper component that returns trees of mixed strings and numbers, for example.

In any case, you can construct a DataTree of objects

layerTree = DataTree[object]()

and this will accept any input of single data items. This is really part of the Grasshopper SDK, not something particular to Python or GhPython.

I hope this helps,

- Giulio
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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on March 4, 2012 at 1:30pm

Hi Andrew,

I just saw this post, but needed to address it because I had forgotten how to it myself.

Here is an example, as python code:

https://gist.github.com/1974640

And here are some pictures: