Yup, you can do whatever you want inside the script component, as long as you're outputting a data type that Grasshopper understands. I.e. Doubles, Integers, Booleans, Strings, Points, Curves etc. all work fine.
-- David Rutten [email protected] Robert McNeel & Associates On Feb 8, 9:06 pm, oompa_l <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
