I’m trying to make a kind of fake “dynamic block” (actually a group) in which I can update several text fields by changing the values of the associated attribute user texts. [image] [image] This works for a single group of course, but if I make copies of my group the text fields are still, as e…

@cma01 Have a look at Rhino 7.0 WIP’s Block Attributes abilities. They are designed to do this. [image] New in Rhino 7 Block Attributes Drafting & Illustration Attributed Blocks Supported in Rhino 7. Blocks inserted include a prompting dialog allowing for customized valu…

Maybe an other Question, because my boss don’t want to drive on the WIP-version: is it possible to write in Visual Studio (prefer C#) a command that copies a Textobject and excess its Textfield? something like: string id = currentGUID string textField = string.Format( “%<UserText(”{0}",“Tür-Numm…

in v6 UserText requires a guid. This is what Block Attribute Text was designed to do.

@Trav we don’t have a “self” or “this” key though for non-block cases (at least I don’t remember adding it). Seems like something to get on the wishlist

I started to add it yesterday after reading this and realized we had the block attributes for this scenario so I took pause. If you guys think its worth adding to UserText I can pop it in there. https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-57956

[image] Trav: If you guys think its worth adding to UserText I can pop it in there. I think it’s worth adding to every DocObject type. Name of object that is able to display object’s attributes - very useful. Or usertext making calculations on the fly

Nice! I still hope to get help with my issue, before devolope it in common. my target: select an TextObject > Copy the TextObject > get the GUID of the Copied TextObject and store it in a variable > access the Content (TextField) of the Copied TextObject > paste the stored GUID in a string.Format…

it sounds like everything you’d need to do what you’re saying via C# is listed in the sample source i posted in the thread further up. There’s a video as well as sample source here. [image] Duplicate Textfields along with corresponding objects Scripting Has there been any…

Text Fields Self-Referencing User Attribute Text?

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wim (Wim Dekeyser) November 20, 2024, 12:38pm 25

Hi Sam

I’ve posted this example in the past:

-wim

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