David, I follow... vaguely.
JD, You can read through this thread (somewhere in there is an *.rvb I hijacked and posted): http://groups.google.com/group/grasshopper3d/browse_thread/thread/1ccc79a4d95d3b4/b708d6a9991f5df8 Which was a discussion for this project: http://www.liftarchitects.com/ But the whole process may become obsolete soon. Cheers, taz On Oct 3, 11:30 am, JD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Taz, David, > > I guess what we need as architects is to be able able to link excel > and the grasshopper. > > Taz, if you can guide me to the discussion you were mentionning (about > storing the info in label to become rhino dot object), I would really > appreciate. > > Thanks guys, for your help. > > jd > > On Oct 3, 4:54 am, David Rutten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Taz, > > > when I said I 'already' did that, I meant it's done, but not yet > > publicly available. > > It will be a good solution to transferring simple data, but if the > > written data requires conditional algorithms, it's going to be very > > difficult or even impossible. > > > Also, there is a big difference between that data, and Collection > > manager data... maybe this isn't obvious to the general user, but data > > that flows into a post-it, invariably comes from elsewhere, and is > > thus the result of the actual solution. Data which is represented by > > the Collection Manager is stored manually by the user, and is the > > starting point of the solution. > > > I'm not quite sure how to explain this, having a bunch of people > > around me arguing in loud voices about undo-events and storage doesn't > > help with my clarity of mind either... > > Anyway, hopefully it will become clear when you can actually use these > > new features. > > > -- > > David Rutten > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > On Oct 3, 2:19 am, taz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I hadn't yet tried to 'feed' data into a Post-it(TM). Good to know. > > > > 'write to file' would be handy until the pull-down menu options are > > > evolved. It would definitely save some time. > > > > I would guess that most conventional users (like myself) will be > > > transfering data to Excel or a text file via some delimited type file > > > format. > > > > I am also now just realizing that if you have x,y,z, point data you > > > could copy and paste each coordinate into an x, y and z Post-it and > > > create all the custom GH points you want. > > > > Wouldn't this eliminate the need (for now) to import specific file > > > types? You mentioned the Collection Manager of parameters will > > > eventually be a means of organizing list data, but wouldn't the Post- > > > it allow you to (theoretically) do this already? > > > > taz > > > > On Oct 2, 4:22 pm, David Rutten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > One of the things which I think would be reasonably useful is to add > > > > output capability to Post-It panels. I already made them active (i.e. > > > > they have inputs now and can display grasshopper data in realtime) and > > > > adding a 'write to file' option wouldn't take very long. Do you think > > > > this (in cmobination with the string formatting capabilities of the > > > > Expression components) will be enough to handle the bulk of the export > > > > needs? > > > > > -- > > > > David Rutten > > > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > > > On Oct 2, 10:36 pm, taz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > jd, > > > > > > If you are desperate you can store infomation in labels (which become > > > > > Rhino text dot objects) and run a script to transfer the information > > > > > to excel. > > > > > > There was discussion on this I can try to find if you are interested. > > > > > > taz > > > > > > On Oct 2, 1:20 pm, JD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > ok thanks > > > > > > jd > > > > > > > On Oct 2, 11:39 am, David Rutten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi JD, > > > > > > > > not at present. The next release will have Script components > > > > > > > (VB.NET, > > > > > > > C#.NET and IronPython) which can of course write/read data and > > > > > > > also > > > > > > > hook into other apps, but nothing exists yet that natively does > > > > > > > this. > > > > > > > It's pretty high on the wishlist, but I'm struggling to make it > > > > > > > both > > > > > > > generic enough and useful enough. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > David Rutten > > > > > > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > > > > > > On Oct 2, 5:41 pm, JD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Great program! > > > > > > > > Can we extract data from grasshopper to excel for example? > > > > > > > > If yes how can we do it? > > > > > > > > thanks- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
