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@tismacfan2 Hi Think you should edit the "Get Record Field" node and paste the content of the 2019 "Get Record Field Node". Specific the vs.GetType(h) function should be replaced with vs.GetTypeN(). That issue hits every Marionette Script which were using SetRecordField and GetRecordField. Attached an Updated File Best Regards Dominique Symbol on Space v2019.vwx

There is a Script on the "VSSM Vorgabe.sta" which changes Title Blocks from an external File. If you create your vwx in an external software you can attach a txt which contains this data. With the same system, you can attach data for other PlugIns (like the cabinet you use). So you maybe define your cabinet in the external software, then click there on a button which creates the vwx (from different templates maybe) which contains your cabinet. Then Double click the script and set the dimensions of your cabinet to the exported values. Can save some seconds for your drawing. Seems like this is the kind of script you want to have. Not have much time for this (I think after a answer of your initial question you would like to create more than one cabinet per file or maybe want to attach other kind of date (which is not part of the Object Info Palette and which we maybe can change or maybe not like Position Number and stuff like this ). Maybe you could use Layer Name for position Numbers and export the layer name with a custom cutting list export configuration. I can give you a start with the following script (Filename.vwx and Filename.txt in the same Folder) then the Columns "Breite", "Hoehe", "Tiefe" which are translated to a dictionary you can easy call in the script. This Example will change the first object in the Layer (which maybe not suffice but it is just an example not a solution). The better you can descripe any details and specifications and post examples and previous work the better you will get answers from the community. If you invest some of your time you maybe are able to change some part of a relatively simple script like this. pathVWFile = vs.GetFPathName() path = pathVWFile[:-3]+'txt' skipHeader = False asString = True delimiter = "\t" codex = 'iso8859_2'#'latin_1', 'iso8859_2', 'mac_latin2','utf_8' lines = [] rows = [] import csv import os if asString==False: quote = csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC else: quote = csv.QUOTE_NONE if os.path.isfile(path) == False: vs.AlrtDialog('Importdatei wurde nicht gefunden') #vs.AlrtDialog(path) rowNum = 10 lineNum = 10 if os.path.isfile(path) ==True: with open(path, encoding=codex) as f: reader= csv.reader(f,dialect='excel',delimiter=delimiter,quoting=quote) if skipHeader==True: next(reader) for line in reader: lines.append(line) lineNum = len(lines) rowNum = len(line) for row in range(rowNum): rown = [] for line in range(lineNum): rown.append(lines[line][row]) rows.append(rown) if asString == False: rows = tuple(tuple(x) for x in rows) rows = list(rows) lines = tuple(tuple(x) for x in lines) lines = list(lines) erpdict = dict(zip(lines[0], lines[1])) h = vs.FActLayer() Record = 'XG Cabinet' #vs.AlrtDialog(str(erpdict)) vs.SetRField(h, Record, 'Width', erpdict.get('Breite')) vs.SetRField(h, Record, 'Height', erpdict.get('Hoehe')) vs.SetRField(h, Record, 'Depth', erpdict.get('Tiefe')) vs.ResetObject(h) PIO Parameter by external File.mp4 KorpusmöbelExterneDatenquelle.zip

Hi Urs The short Answer: Sure, this is possible but maybe not possible for a first scripting exercise. You can load data from a Textfile and you can attach Data to a PlugIn Object. I also pretty sure this question was asked for another plugIn (PlugIn is PlugIn A window and a cabinet makes not difference) before in the forum. Where to start: - What is the exact result you want to have. You want to create as example 1000 PIOs as Symbols from an external file? - Do you want to read a textfile and attach the values to a PlugIn Object in the drawing? Why you want to do this? - Do you know the Vectorworks Data Sheet? You could list your PluIns and change values in the Data Sheet or paste it from external list. So the start would be to know exactly what the final result should be and which workflow now seems not fast enough to invest time in a script. Similar Projects: Maybe take a look in the Marionette Corner. If you want a textScript, you can learn from the code inside the nodes, it is the same. 1. Import a text File: https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/files/file/116-create-record-from-external-file/ 2. How to create PlugIns from such a list https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/files/file/81-spacesfromlistvwx/ 3. Create a Symbol https://forum.vectorworks.net/index.php?/files/file/120-create-symbol/

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Hi Generally this are common issues: 1. If you have a String of 0.30000 and want to have have a string output from 0.30 you can youse x[:4]. The first 4 character of the string. If you have 100.45987 you will get 100. with this formula. If you use x[:-2] the last two characters are lost. To Prevent this, you could first split the string in number and digit and then operate with this. 2. Sometimes there are Units like m2 mm m qm etc. 3. Sometimes we want to have prefix like +. - and +- etc. 4. Sometimes there are , instead . of decimal seperators. The attached Nodes, addresses all of this common issues. Simple issues, but relatively complexe to solve. I attached some node to solve them. The error message you got is because to substract two items from a list (a string is like a list '0', '.', '0', '0' etc. or a list of numbers will be [0,5,3,4.5,]). So with a Number of 0.30000 it will not work, this is just one item. You could convert to string str(x)[:-2]. Then it would work. Do not know what mapping is doing. If it converts the string of 0.3 in a number it Maybe by standard makes again 0.300000 in the IFC Export. You see, not so trivial. I Recommend using the Attached Node Digits from string and try with this. Set Digits From String.vwx