Self referencing TextFields in Rhino 8.10

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in 8.10 @Trav added more self referencing Textfields. This means you do not have to pass the object id.
See attached example.
self-referencing.3dm (115.6 KB)

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These are added:

%<ObjectPageName("")>%
%<ObjectPageNumber("")>%
%<PointCoordinate("","XYZ")>%
%<ObjectName("")>%
%<Volume("")>%
%<Area("")>%
%<CurveLength("")>%

This makes it easy for example to perform mass calculations on a bunch of objects by simply matching the same key/value pairs of many objects to a reference:
calculate_total_weight.py (1.6 KB)

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where can i download 8.10?

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@ivan.galik 8.10 RC candidates will be available once 8.9 is released, but I can always send you a build of the day if you want to try this out by pm

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make sure this works for block instances so i can use this for elevation dims. where point coordinate will be self referenced from blockinstance insertion point.

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It’s unclear to me what you mean by that. But self referencing will only work on the object itself. For example, if I want to make a leader and have the text read out the point coordinates, I will still need to provide the point’s ID.

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How do you get the result out of a field expression in Grasshopper?

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thanks, looks like self referencing in gh doesn’t work (yet)

RH-82745 Self referencing text fields in Grasshopper

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Still a problem

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yes, the YT is in progress, hasn’t been solved yet

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