thanks so much David. so if I wanted just the raw X, Y and Z data I would make three separate outputs and three different lists of Doubles within the VB.net code? I could then make the points by composing them afterward with the PointXYZ component? Just testing the waters...
thanks again On Feb 8, 2:51 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi oompa, > > I made a file called "coordinates.txt" which contained some comma- > separated numbers (3 per line). I then put the path to this file (C: > \Users\David\Desktop\coordinates.txt) into a PostIt panel and fed it > into a VB component. I called the input parameter "path" and set the > hint to String. > > The following code will examine all lines in the file and create a > list of points: > > Sub RunScript(ByVal path As String) > If (Not IO.File.Exists(path)) Then Return False > > Dim lines As String() = IO.File.ReadAllLines(path) > If (lines Is Nothing) Then Return False > > Dim pts As New List(Of On3dPoint) > For Each line As String In lines > Dim parts As String() = line.Split(",".ToCharArray()) > > Dim x As Double = Convert.ToDouble(parts(0)) > Dim y As Double = Convert.ToDouble(parts(1)) > Dim z As Double = Convert.ToDouble(parts(2)) > > pts.Add(New On3dPoint(x, y, z)) > Next > > A = pts > End Sub > > -- > David Rutten > [email protected] > Robert McNeel & Associates > > On Feb 8, 2:09 am, oompa_l <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi > > > I am in the process of trying to understand the import of data into GH > > from excel, but I don't think I even need to get that fancy since my > > data is actually coming from a CSV text file. Does anyone know of any > > sample files that illustrate how to take a list of points in this > > format and produce GH geometry from it? > > > thanks in advance > > o
