😭 Unable to bake multiple lights from grasshopper in Rhino

[Ariel_Tan]

Hi everyone!

I am unable to bake multiple lights from grasshopper in Rhino. While grasshopper shows 63 lights created, only one light gets baked into Rhino.

I have blocks from a completed plan representing my lights, and am able to see all the right data/operations being passed around in grasshopper. It shows that I have 63 spotlights. However, when I bake it, I only get one spotlight.

Does anyone know why this happens?

Images here:

Files here:
240725 lighting plan reference for forum.3dm (2.6 MB)
240725 move lights in 3D based on Plan.gh (13.8 KB)

Thanks for the help!
Ariel

[dan]

Hi Ariel-

I think this is the result of this bug:

RH-48093 Light objects should be allowed in Block definitions and instances

[Ariel_Tan]

Thank you Dan!

[attheeast18]

Have the same problem here too. Only one is baked. Any update on when we can properly bake lights from grasshopper?

[Japhy]

Hi Attheeast18, Can you provide more details on what is not working for you?

Everything looks OK in this simple example of baking lights.

[attheeast18]

Hi, Japhy

Thanks for the fast reply. I also asked this problem in a different thread just now. hehe.

Rhino 8 Feature: GH1 Is Now More Than Just Geometry!

Hi , Andy I’ve encountered a bug in Grasshopper where I can’t bake all of my Spotlights. When I bake it only one light is baked. What’s going on here? [image] R8 Light Test.gh (13.2 KB) R8 Light Test.3dm (70.6 KB) Thanks. EDIT: Using the Content Cache works fine, I just found out. It’s when I use Elefront as a means of baking is where it fails.

[attheeast18]

I just found out that Content Cache works well. It’s when I use Elefront as a means of baking is where it fails. I assume that it’s up to the Elefront Team to fix this? Given this assumption, is there a way to “Bake” light objects like the way I would using the Elefront Bake command along with attributes, layer organization?

[Ariel_Tan]

Hi @Japhy @attheeast18, are you both saying that Content Cache in Grasshopper in Rhino 8 works flawlessly for baking multiple lights at once, even though baking the regular ‘egg’ way only bakes one light?

If that is so that would help a lot in the meantime, actually!