Hello,
First time posting here. I’m usually pretty stubborn. I’m looking for some help with a dynamic labeling system based on text fields (or whatever makes the most sense). Here is the gist of what I’m after. I’d like to label a bunch of individual parts with certain designations. For example, D-1. The “D” stands for “door” and the “1” is the number of the door within the project. Seems pretty simple, right? The kicker is that I’d like to set up a file where the number automatically updates in chronological order as I label parts with “D-”. In other words I have 5 doors, and ideally they would automatically update in sequential order whether I was adding or subtracting labels in my file. D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, D-5. I’ve managed to create a block out of a text instance “D-”. Using the text field function I can apply the “block instance count” in order to keep track of the running total of block instances. Close, but no cigar. The problem is that every single block instance updates to the total number of blocks. So as in our previous example, I would end up with 5 individual instances of blocks, all reading D-5, instead of D-1, D-2, etc. Is there some way I can set up dynamic sequential numbering for a label (same part identification, but the number changes as individual instances are modified)? I am a design professional and not a programmer by any means. I don’t really delve into python to write scripts and my knowledge of grasshopper is cursory at best. Thanks in advance for any help!
