Grasshopper style not loading on startup

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Hey there,

I have a project using grasshopper styles.

When I start Rhino by directly clicking the file, I get this error message:

“This file contains 8 unknown objects (…)”, and after that a list of Beam, Beam Options, Rectangular Profile, and so forth - the VARQ components in the definition, which are all ascribed to plugin “GhVa30”, which seems like it’s missing or not recognized. Sometimes the related items in the model (the walls created with the style) are shown but I can’t, for instance, stretch them (or they disappear); other times all the objects are missing.

When I then again open the file out of Rhino via the File menu, sometimes everything loads fine, other times no. After reloading for the second time, everything loads and works fine.

Do I need to change the way I save or open my VisualARQ projects?

And: Is there a way to save a Gh Style to VARQ for it to then be available in all projects, and not just the current one?

I am up to date (3.5.0.20135); the problem occurs regardless of whether I use a VisualARQ template for the project or just a regular Rhino template.

Thank you very much!

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Hi @luisbarthelemy this error message may appear if Grasshopper is not loaded before VisualARQ loads.

When VisualARQ loads, it also loads Grasshopper since VisualARQ may use objects driven by Grasshopper definitions (the “Grasshopper Styles”).

When you double click on a Rhino file that has VisualARQ objects or data, VisualARQ should load and also Grasshopper. So I don’t understand why you are getting that error message, unless you have Grasshopper blocked from loading automatically. Is that possible?

You can use the vaStylesExport and vaStylesExport

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Hey @fsalla sorry for the delay, I forgot about this post.

No, I don’t have anything blocked from auto-loading on project start. Anyways I guess just starting Rhino and then opening a project from there is alright.

The export function is super useful, I wasn’t aware about that.

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Hi @luisbarthelemy we will investigate if can make VisualARQ load automatically (and therefore Grasshopper) when opening a file by double-clicking on it.