Hi there,
is there a way to define a line via a text string?
The same way we can do this for points, is there also a syntax for lines?
Thanks,
Jacob
Not sure but alternative you could use the line component and define the two input points as text
my guess - the line component can not phrase a string
it looks tempting to do it with c# or extract the point-pattern with regex. (T Match)
Suggesting a vanilla grasshopper-component only solution.
Phrasing text to numbers / geometry can be error prone - so this suggestion might not work if you need a robust approach.
EDIT:
Text Split is splitting by single characters.
This is why i first replaced the text “to” with “x” and then split by ‘x’.
and because it is not very readable to use " to " in a panel - starting with space and ending with space - i used the trim component to get rid of the spaces. (which might not by necessary for the phrase to point).
hope this helps - kind regards - tom
text_to_line_00tp.gh (7.6 KB)
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nice approache - simplyfied it a little bit
for what ever reason it creates empty items but works perfectly fine
text_to_line_00tp.gh (4.4 KB)
Thanks for all your responses, I know I could also simply use a ghPython component to parse this.
I was actually hoping to get a zero-component answer. I thought maybe there is an undocumented way in which in how a text string needs to be formatted such that it can be parsed into a line. (same way that it works for points, which is probably also not documented).
as far as I understand + I tried to somehow come along with the limited text functionality of native gh:
the text split component uses separators = single characters
“to” is interpreted as two separators ‘t’ and ‘o’.
this is why you get empty items.
I explained my approach in the initial post to keep things together:
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Sorry overread this an thanks for the explanation!
… I edited the post- to have the info at the right place - it was not there when you first read it - so you overread nothing… kind regards - tom