Rhino 8 / GH1 / Rhino tab / Block INSTANCES

[scottd (Scott Davidson)]

Right click on the Text Search Input input and there will be a complete table of data points that can be searched.

I think by default it searches usertext. But in this specific case it is the Block Instance > Definition > Name that contains the important information.

[osuire]

@scottd

But in this specific case it is the Block Instance > Definition > Name that contains the important information

Thanks for adding this.
It makes the whole Rhino tab relevant at last.

Now it would be really nice if there was a proper description of all the keys.

Also, the eggcrate thing seems to have mutated.
Documentation some ?

[scottd (Scott Davidson)]

Yes, the eggcrate (Content Cache) did get some updates. We had some issues with the 8.8 release candidate, so I held back in publishing this, but here it is now:

Content Cache Updated Guide

Note : This guide requires the Release Candidate 8.8 in Rhino. This is a release candidate meaning that it is meant for testing and should not be used for project critical production work. To get it, subscribe to the Release Candidate update stream on Windows or on Mac This is a big change to the Content Cache component and we welcome any feedback. We updated the Content Cache component, which lets you drive objects in Rhino with Grasshopper. Grasshopper now has a Content Cache component, whi…

[anders]

Thank you @scottd
This works beautifully and when I tried duplicating your recipe, I realized that there are to places to select ‘Name’. One directly under Model.Block.Instance>Name and another one one layer further in Model.Block.Instance>Instance>Definition>Name…and it is this second one that I have to use…this was not very obvious.

Maybe the first one should be different (ie called Rhino.Name ) or under a Rhino section…just a UI thought

thanks

[scottd (Scott Davidson)]

Because that list is really diving into the rhino object database it takes a bit to get to the right data type. Currently it is not really discoverable.

Overall, I think with some documentation and a couple examples we can make much easier to understand.

In addition block definition/instance relationship is a hierarchy that adds another organizational level to deal with.

[osuire]

@scottd

Overall, I think with some documentation and a couple examples we can make much easier to understand.

[anders]

H @scottd I’m still struggling with the filtering…I thought that I understood, but apparently not.

I have a model with a lot BlockInstances and from these I need to use a single surface that has been placed in a layer called PV inside the block.

I’m having problems both filtering the blockinstances to only get the ones with ‘SolarLab’ in the name and if I first explode and try to filter for the surface in the ‘PV’ layer I also come up with a blank…

thanks

[Japhy]

Hi Anders, Please post a small example file when asking questions. Thanks

In this case you are inputting the Text Pattern into the Key.

[anders]

Sorry about that, I’ll remember to share the gh file next time…I managed to get it to work. Thanks!
I had misunderstandings at every step.

Most importantly I connected the filtering param into the ‘Key’ (by the way…I don’t see ‘Key’ in my install and can’t find it)…and it is a little difficult to navigate all the similarly named choices under the ‘Key’

Weirdly enough I needed wildcards on both sides of the layer name (even though it is a top-level layer and only two letters)

Now I just need to figure out how to do it in Python…

[AndyPayne]

Not that this matters since you seem to have solved this, but if you use the Contains Text Filter then you can right-click on that and select Starts With. Then you don’t need to use the wildcard expressions… you can simply pass in “PV” and anything that starts with that will be returned.