anything that uses scriptcontext stands out in that it doesn’t align well with the API docs. I mean you can find what’s what but not very easily. A guide would help. Maybe I can even write one once I have a little more experience.

Hmm, i see a lot of references but not a true guide. This post seems the most helpful. [image] Understanding scriptcontext Scripting Hi, I’m trying to get my head around adding object to a document via python and rhino common and more in general “what script…

Thanks Japhy. I’ve read both these at one point I’ll probably skim them again. We’re lucky to have a built-in code editor. But as we’d guess, the built-in help also struggles with scriptcontext (it forever says “expanding”). [image] Anything after “scriptcontext” (or “sc”) in this case ends up n…

Currently, the best answer to your questions is probably in the source code for the scriptcontext module: rhinoscriptsyntax/Scripts/scriptcontext.py at rhino-8.x · mcneel/rhinoscriptsyntax · GitHub . Most of the variables it defines are documented. We’ve been meaning to write external documentation f…

Very helpful! Thank-you. The autocomplete and the suggestion list ends up being useful too. I just need to study that along with the API docs open at the same time.

A guide on how to navigate scriptcontext would be very helpful

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Japhy (Japhy) December 20, 2025, 4:11pm 2

Hmm, i see a lot of references but not a true guide.

This post seems the most helpful.

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A guide on how to navigate scriptcontext would be very helpful

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