Selection Macros & Automation

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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Hey all!

I made a complex macro. I’m using the command Orient3Pt, and after one copy of my selected objects, I am trying to

  1. end the command
  2. continue building out the same macro - next command use _SelNone to deselect eveything

Problem is after any way I end the Orient3Pt command, Rhino will not deselect the parent object and will not read any more commands beyond that. Does anyone know a way around this?

…(continuation - it’s a long one)
_Rotate3D w61.85,-4.1,20.1936 w61.85,-4.1,24.1936
w59.9332,-4.1,20.1936 w59.9992,-3.60194,20.1936
_-SelName serial1
_-SelName serial2
_Move w62,-4.1,20.1936 w62,-1.4,20.1936
_SelNone
_-SelName serial1
_-SelName serial2
_Orient3Pt w62,-1.4,20.1936 w62,-1.4,22.1936 w64,-1.4,20.1936
w50,7.36722,19.3624 w50,9.36722,19.3624 w52,7.36722,19.3624 _Enter
_SelChildren <-- (macro stops here)

Thanks!

2

if you happen to have an extra space after your last command rhino will read that as an enter or right click and could possibly end your macro-

@pascal is ultimately the man for this question

3

I’ll take a look.
@jonathan.silva167 if you want to use Orient3Pt with history, there will be no history or parents or children, unless Copy=Yes.

_#Orient3Pt Copy=Yes w62,-1.4,20.1936 w62,-1.4,22.1936 w64,-1.4,20.1936

-Pascal

4

Yes I know! My issue is after the first copy I put coordinates in for, the command wants to keep going, and whatever I put in to make the command stop and go to the next command stops the macro completely and prevents the rest of commands from completing.

5

Hello - this works here - I start with two objects, named serial1 and serial2 plus a third object that is selected when the macro starts:

_Rotate3D w61.85,-4.1,20.1936 w61.85,-4.1,24.1936
w59.9332,-4.1,20.1936 w59.9992,-3.60194,20.1936
_-SelName serial1
_-SelName serial2
_Move w62,-4.1,20.1936 w62,-1.4,20.1936
_SelNone
_-SelName serial1
_-SelName serial2
_#Orient3Pt Copy=Yes w62,-1.4,20.1936 w62,-1.4,22.1936 w64,-1.4,20.1936
w50,7.36722,19.3624 w50,9.36722,19.3624 w52,7.36722,19.3624 _Enter
_SelChildren

-Pascal

6

Ok I’ll try this and see. What does the # do?

Side note since I hear you’re the resident genius on here lol - is there a command-line equivalent of using CTRL on the keyboard to DE-select items with selection commands? Tried every way I could think of to write a de-select window or cross into my macros but it doesn’t seem to work or I cant find any useful sources on this.

7

Hello - the # forces history recording for that one command without changing the general history recording setting (% does the opposite, btw) . But it sounds like you need to look at scripting - if your macros are this complex, you’re probably getting to the point where you’re wasting time trying to force things that are just a lot easier (like keeping track of objects, making specific selections for a start) in a script.

-Pascal

8

Yes absolutely. I am working my way there as we speak. Just trying to get the most out of macros while I learn lol. Thank you for your time, I appreciate it.

9

Hey!
So I tried it out - it still doesn’t select anything after that last _Enter command. See screenshot for the commands and results.

When I manually type SelChildren or any other command after this macro ends, it works. But nothing typed into the macro after _Enter works. Script stops.

10

Hello - I can only say it worked OK here, in my test - my feeling is your process is a bit fragile and a step or two more complicated than is convenient in a macro and that you should go after it with a script.

-Pascal