VA3 - Gh-Style automatic object name

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Hi @fsalla @enric

this maybe a long shot, and I do not yet know exactly how to formulate this question properly, but…

Would it be possible somehow to have an automatic object name for VIsualARQ objects? Or if it’s more simple, Gh-style generated objects?

Here’s my mockup intention, which obviously does not work.

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In my mind, I could implement similar syntax as tags to define Rhino-recognisable name for the object. Either in Rhino UI (text field in properties) or in Gh-style.

I would be completely happy with automatically updatable parameter as well.

Case explanation:

Currently, I may have thousands of different objects in 3D, and I name them based on some properties, such as beam → beam profile + length → B1_1234. This helps me to recognise all similar beams, and also cataloque them.

The naming is and has always been a separate step (a script). If e.g. the beam length changes, I have to keep tabs on the change and rename the beam. I’m dreaming of a system, where I could just define the naming convention rules based on style or object, and the naming would thus be always up to date, at least for VARQ objects.

“%element.style%_%element.length%”

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Hi @Toni_Osterlund that’s an interesting suggestion. We will consider it in future versions.
Remember (also for other users who read this), that you can use the Update Property component to overwrite data on geometry (names, for example), without baking the geometry over the referenced one:

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So, currently there is no way to write object’s metadata from within the internalised Gh-style script?

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You can use a “read-only” output parameter for that, which can be calculated based on object dimensions or other parameters.