Copy Count Meaning?

Rhino Developer
1

Curious what Copy count refers to, when looking at the What info of an instance?

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Instance What Info

block instance

ID: 48edf329-bba9-4023-9543-a3bdd9b16c80 (174)
Object name: (not named)
Layer name: Default
Render Material:
source = from layer
index = -1
Attribute UserData:
UserData ID: CE28DE29-F4C5-4faa-A50A-C3A6849B6329
Plug-in: 17b3ecda-17ba-4e45-9e67-a2b8d9be520d
description: User text (0 entries)
saved in file: yes
copy count: 27

Geometry:
Valid block instance.
Block Instance
transformation:
1.0000000000000002, 0, 0, 360.90412171027862
0, 1.0000000000000002, 0, 706.49983900000018
0, 0, 1.0000000000000002, -2.8421709430404007e-14
0, 0, 0, 1
Block Definition (embedded)
name: LW-6
Block ID: 767ECBBF-DB40-433c-8469-B81B8FF41B0B

2

Hi @Lukxf,

copy count is the number of times the user data attached to an object, a material in this case, has been copied. Rhino frequently copies objects, with the old one being pushed onto an undo stack.

ā€“ Dale

3

Thanks @dale ā€“ the extra data is material? How do you know this, from the Plugin Id?

Would you say this number can be mostly ignored?

4

Yes.

ā€“ Dale