Hello, I am not sure whether I am using the right terminology here but I got a 3dm file that has block references to other 3dm files. The other files are relative and are found when opening in rhino. Do I have to take care of finding the referenced files as a developer or should the Rhino3dm libra…

This has been available in the 8.0.0-beta releases, the latest was released today Rhino3dm 8.0.0-beta3 released 🎉

[image] tebjan: Do I have to take care of finding the referenced files as a developer Yes – Dale

Ok, no problem, but where can I find the file paths in the Rhino3dm API?

https://developer.rhino3d.com/api/RhinoCommon/html/P_Rhino_DocObjects_InstanceDefinition_SourceArchive.htm

Could it be that this isn’t available in the Rhino3dm library, I mean the free openNURBS? I couldn’t find that property… Or can I use RhinoCommon somehow together with openNURBS?

[image] tebjan: Could it be that this isn’t available in the Rhino3dm library Are you using C#, JavaScript, or Python? – Dale

Dale, I just checked and I believe this is missing in rhino3dm.net

[image] tebjan: Or can I use RhinoCommon somehow together with openNURBS? This is essentially what rhino3dm is. It is a trimmed down version of RhinoCommon that is built on top of openNURBS.

I added this as a feature request to rhino3dm at InstanceDefinitionGeometry.SourceArchive opened 09:40PM - 11 Nov 21 UTC (UTC) [sbaer] sbaer See: https…

[image] dale: Are you using C#, JavaScript, or Python? Sorry, forgot to mention, it is C#. [image] stevebaer: This is essentially what rhino3dm is. It is a trimmed down version of RhinoCommon that is built on top of openNURBS. Got it, I was wondering what the difference between rhino3…

Bump. Just ran into the same problem and found my own thread via a web search… Would be nice to see some progress here.

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openNURBS

brian (Brian Gillespie) May 30, 2023, 10:12pm 19

RH-74754 is fixed in the latest WIP

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