Bug: Linetype Table doesn't update till panel opened

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

Hi Armin -

@seltzdesign

There is a bug in Grasshopper […]

This is Rhino behavior, not Grasshopper. And the behavior is by design.

Issue with Ladybug Tools Hops Component and Python Object Output

It’s certainly a possibility. Basically, the query components are all read-only. They only return whatever objects it finds on the document. For linetypes, hatches, it was decided a long time ago to not auto-populate those tables in the document as they would add unnecessary bloat to the file (especially if the user has no plans to work with linetypes, hatches). So, in order to get the default linetypes and hatches to load you have to either open the hatches or linetypes panel in the UI, or open…

-wim