Struggling RhinoCommon newbie here. How can I retrieve the count of InstanceObject for each InstanceDefinition with C# ? I’m trying to use the TextFields.BlockInstanceCount Method . I’ve got no errors, but I’ve got no juice either… [BlockInstanceCount]

test_idef_usecount-adjusted2gh.gh (12.0 KB)

[image] Gijs: so how did you find it? I didn’t find it ; someone made this component for me :flushed: [GUIDs] It might have been Gan Keyu…

I now see where it comes from, click the ‘Members’ section in the script editor. So it is not a namespace at all

Did I accidentally help you figure out something useful ? :grinning: In my 4 hours “C# for beginners” video, they never mentionned “Members”…

well, as mentioned, I’m not very familiar with C#, I haven’t used the C# scripting component much before apart from some simple modifications to posted scripts. the only experience with c# I have is when I wanted to make my own cross platform plugin to scale an object to a certain volume. It was a …

but you are a brave man, trying to learn C# inside grashopper with @#$&^#BLOCKS!

[image] Gijs: but you are a brave man, trying to learn C# inside grashopper with @#$&^#BLOCKS! …and Databases.

[image] osuire: Well, thanks to your help, I think I figured out the proper syntax in C# : Well… in fact, not. This gives me the number of blockinstances that are referencing the block definition, but not the tototal number of instances of that definition. For example, if there are “loose” …

[image] RhinoCommon and InstanceDefinition : missing summaries I am not proficient in C#, but it would look something like this: [image] RhinoCommon and InstanceDefinition : missing summaries in C# you could do this also in one line by using Linq: I tried both your solutions folks… On t…

To be honest, I didn’t read through all the replies. You would like to get the number of instances of each block definition based on the block name? If so check the attached python file. blockInstancCount.gh (3.5 KB)

this doesn’t match the block manager count [image]

How can I retrieve the count of InstanceObject for each InstanceDefinition with C#?

Grasshopper Developer

osuire February 1, 2021, 5:37pm 22

…and Databases.

Topic		Replies	Views
RhinoCommon and InstanceDefinition : missing summaries Grasshopper Developer	54	2119	February 10, 2021
Bug: Number of (Block) InstanceDefinitions Increases when replaced Rhino for Windows rhinocommon	26	1291	September 4, 2018
Block Count Rhino Developer	3	2480	February 6, 2020
Block Count - wrong qty report in BlockManager, Commandline and Python Rhino for Windows	5	681	February 8, 2021
Rhino 8 / GH1 / Rhino tab / Block INSTANCES Grasshopper windows , rhino8	49	3739	June 6, 2024

How can I retrieve the count of InstanceObject for each InstanceDefinition with C#?

Related topics