Block vs Block Instance when using Elefront

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I have a file with multiple blocks that I’d like to reference in GH to eventually get all of their base points. I tried to reference them as block instances and then plug them into Elefront’s ‘Get Block Info’ component, but the component is telling me it’s looking for a block and not a block instance. I guess I’m a little unclear on what the differences are.

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To get your base points in GH, use the Query Model Objects component from the Rhino tab, expand it using the tiny arrow at the bottom (zoom in to see this) so you can see all parameters, and connect the Block Instance output to a point component.

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HTH
Jeremy

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If you use eleFront’s reference components to get the instances, or the Extended Geometry param, then it should work with Get Block Info component.

If you are using the Query Model Objects from the Rhino tab to get the blocks, this doesn’t yet work with the eleFront components, but we are working on that.