VB.Net Userdata

Rhino Developer
1

Is there an example for Userdata for VB.net.

I would like to be able to apply data to an object, select the object based on that data, and export the data with the object to a new file.

Thanks,
Don

2

I recommend not to go down the UserData road, but use the UserDictionary. The UserDictionary is automatically saved when the document is saved; for UserData you must provide your own read/write code.

I’m afraid I don’t know how to write an example for UserDictionary in VB.NET, but in C# it looks like this:

protected override Result RunCommand(RhinoDoc doc, RunMode mode)
{
    ObjRef oRef;
    Result res = RhinoGet.GetOneObject("Select an object to add data to", false, ObjectType.AnyObject, out oRef);

    RhinoObject obj = oRef.Object();
    obj.Geometry.UserDictionary.Set("MY_KEY", "MY_DATA");
    obj.CommitChanges();
    Guid id = obj.Id;
            
    foreach (RhinoObject o in doc.Objects)
    {
        if (o.Geometry.UserDictionary.ContainsKey("MY_KEY"))
        {
            Guid found = o.Id;
            RhinoApp.WriteLine("Set on {0} - Found {1}", id, found);
        }
    }
    return Result.Success;
}

By the way, if you do want to use the UserData, check this out (also in C#)
https://github.com/dalefugier/SampleCsUserData

3

Thanks menno, I will look this over and see what I can come up with.

Don