User Text Point Coordinate inside the Block

Serengeti (Rhino WIP)
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  1. I would like to make a Block with text that would display the Point Coordinate value of a Point included in this Block. Right now, as you can see in the video, as soon as I exit the Block Edit text stops updating itself. Is it an expected limitation or should it work? I know that this would make every Block Instance unique, but I can make block instances display different BlockAttributeText so it’s a bit similar.

Text value stops updating itself as soon as I exit Block Edit mode

  1. Similar, but more complex wish:
    I want a Block Instance with text inside that will display the height difference between the point in the Block and the external point (e.g. centroid of a surface) somewhere outside of the block. Math is allowed to calculate values but such referencing doesn’t seem to be allowed.
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Hi Jakub -

We have this request on the list: RH-68819 TextField: BlockInsertionCoordinate text field

You’ll need some form of script to do this in the foreseeable future.
-wim