variable parameters

I like the new variable parameter feature for changing the amount of inputs and outputs on components, but I am wondering, would it be possible to control that amount using, say a number slider instead?

This would open up a ton of new possibilities. It would greatly aid me on my current project. Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated as usual! Thanks!!

Vern

Tags: inputs, outputs, parameters, variable

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Permalink Reply by Hannes Löschke on March 13, 2012 at 5:41am

Maybe I misunderstand, what you want to do, but how would you make use of variable numbers of inputs/outputs? You'd still need to connect them...

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on March 13, 2012 at 6:13am

Or, even better, after you painstakingly connected them, you yank the slider and lose all your work.

David Rutten

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Poprad, Slovakia

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Permalink Reply by Vernon Vaden on March 13, 2012 at 6:23am

I just want to be able to control the amount of inputs, like say on an Entwine Component, and the outputs on an Explode Component with an integer number instead of clicking the minus and plus signs on the component when you zoom in. It is ideal for something that needs to change inputs, outputs in real time.

I'm using it for formatting a variable amount of point coordinates. If this is possible to do, I know it will work perfectly for what I need.

Vern

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Permalink Reply by Hannes Löschke on March 13, 2012 at 6:33am

Graft is your friend.... embrache the dataTree..

Seriously. If you end up copying a set of components for each output just to entwine them afterwards, a siple graft would most likely have done the same.

If each output gets handled differently, you couldn't handle connecting automatically anyway.

For almost all problems will only need one path per algorithm. NEVER have multiple paths doing the exact same thing.

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Permalink Reply by Vernon Vaden on March 13, 2012 at 6:40am

I use Graft all the time, but its definitely not what I need for this. Yeah, I don't use duplicates. If it is possible to do what I previously mentioned, it would be exactly what I need.

Thanks,

Vern

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Permalink Reply by Hannes Löschke on March 13, 2012 at 10:23am

I'd really like to see what you are doing, becaue I just can't image where you'd need dynamic outputs.

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on March 13, 2012 at 8:21am

But Hannes' point still stands. What about connections?

There is an additional problem to do with the specifics of the Grasshopper code. It is not possible to modify the network during a solution, so even if there were some external way to adjust the parameter count, it could not come from within the same network.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

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Permalink Reply by Vernon Vaden on March 16, 2012 at 12:21pm

I understand what you mean about the inputs and outputs. I won't be able to use them the way I was hoping to but it's definitely not a huge deal. Thanks for the help with this though!

Vern