Python rs.Command() args broken in Version 5 SR12 64-bit (5.12.50810.13095, 8/10/2015)?

Scripting
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I just updated to the Rhino version in the subject line, and it looks to me like args to rhinoscriptsyntax.Command() running under Python are broken. I whipped up a small demo script below and pasted in the script output from the command window. I am pretty sure that this exact syntax was working before the newly installed release. Anybody else seeing this? Is there a way to back out a Rhino update so I can check if the new release is the problem?

Thanks,
Craig

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs

def main():
# Make a test shape
shape = rs.AddCylinder([0,0,0],20,20)
# Commands using previously selected objects
rs.SelectObject(shape)
rs.Command(“-ReduceMesh _ReductionPercentage 20 _Accuracy 10 -Enter”)
rs.SelectObject(shape)
rs.Command(“-Smooth _SmoothFactor 0.5 -Enter”);
# Commands using SelID and the object ID
rs.Command(“-ReduceMesh _SelID " + str(shape) + " _ReductionPercentage 20 _Accuracy 10 -Enter”)
rs.Command(“-Smooth _SelID " + str(shape) + " _SmoothFactor 0.5 -Enter”);
return

main()

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Script output:

Creating meshes… Press Esc to cancel

( Debugging=Off ): -ReduceMesh
Select meshes: _ReductionPercentage
Unknown command: _ReductionPercentage
Select meshes: 20
Unknown command: 20
Select meshes: _Accuracy
Unknown command: _Accuracy
Select meshes: 10
Unknown command: 10
Select meshes: -Enter
Select meshes:
Command: -Smooth
Select objects to smooth: _SmoothFactor
Unknown command: _SmoothFactor
Select objects to smooth: 0.5
Unknown command: 0.5
Select objects to smooth: -Enter
Select objects to smooth:
Command: -ReduceMesh
Select meshes: _SelID
Object ID to select: b7374db5-a9f8-4000-822e-fc18dad2e34e
No objects added to selection.
Select meshes: _ReductionPercentage
Unknown command: _ReductionPercentage
Select meshes: 20
Unknown command: 20
Select meshes: _Accuracy
Unknown command: _Accuracy
Select meshes: 10
Unknown command: 10
Select meshes: -Enter
Select meshes:
Command: -Smooth
Select objects to smooth: _SelID
Object ID to select: b7374db5-a9f8-4000-822e-fc18dad2e34e
No objects added to selection.
Select objects to smooth: _SmoothFactor
Unknown command: _SmoothFactor
Select objects to smooth: 0.5
Unknown command: 0.5
Select objects to smooth: -Enter
Select objects to smooth:

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Hi @Craighyattusa,

i´m shure this is not related to the update from SR11 to SR12. I´ve tested it in SR11. This line:

 shape = rs.AddCylinder([0,0,0],20,20)

creates a capped solid cylinder, which is a polysurface. You then select this polysurface and call _ReduceMesh which unselects the shape because this command expects a mesh object. If you look at your command output, you see that once you start _ReduceMesh it asks for a mesh in this line, where you are trying to pass multiple command options:

Select meshes: _ReductionPercentage
...

The same happens later, you select the polysurface and start the _Smooth command. The _Smooth command does not work with polysurfaces, so _Smooth unselects the cylinder and asks to select a different object, where you again pass various command options.

c.

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Man, good catch! :slight_smile: I converted to a mesh and retried my scenario. I think something about the syntax has changed in the latest Rhino release. Even though I forgot to make a mesh object in my original post, the commands in the original post are cut/pasted from code that’s been working for months. That being said, I managed to fiddle around until I got it working, and I pasted the working script below. Several things I changed were:

  1. If I passed SelID, I had to deselect all of the meshes, otherwise command tried to use SelID as the next argument and bombed.
  2. When I used _SelID, I moved an _Enter between it and the following argument, and that seemed to fix a problem with skipping args.
  3. I removed all of the equal (=) signs.
  4. I changed all the dashes (-) to underscore (_).

Thanks so much for the help!
Craig

import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
def main():

Clean up the screen

rs.DeleteObjects(rs.AllObjects())

Make a test shape

cylinder = rs.AddCylinder([0,0,0],20,20)
rs.SelectObject(cylinder)
rs.Command("-Mesh -Enter")
shape = rs.LastCreatedObjects()[0]
rs.DeleteObject(cylinder)

Commands using previously selected objects

print “111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111"
rs.SelectObject(shape)
rs.Command(”-ReduceMesh _ReductionPercentage 20 _Enter")
print “222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222"
rs.SelectObject(shape)
rs.Command(”-Smooth _SmoothFactor 0.5 _Enter");

Commands using SelID and the object ID

print “333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333"
rs.Command(”-SelNone _Enter")
rs.Command("-ReduceMesh _SelID " + str(shape) + " _Enter _ReductionPercentage 20 _Enter")
print “444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444"
rs.Command(”-SelNone _Enter")
rs.Command("-Smooth _SelID " + str(shape) + " _Enter _SmoothFactor 0.5 _Enter");
return

main()