Patrick Winkler

Thanks, I will copy your explanation into the wiki if you don't mind.

I'm not sure which resoltuion to use for ConvertToPolygon(). http://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/VS:ConvertToPolygon <50 is obvious to less. 90 and 100 convert a cirlce to 32pt polys and 150 to 64 pt polys. In this case 90 should be enough as even in renderworks my eyes can't spot a difference to the higher resolutions. It would be good to know how the resoltution effects the outcome (why do 90, 100 create the same ) and if there is a maximum value. regards, Patrick

To make sure the center stays at the same location the bounding box must always have the same size. This can be accomplished by palcing an invisible circle into the symbol. ( set fill and penstyle to empty.)

This node gives you the center of the Bounding Box. ''' Changed on 22.02.2016 : Wrong Var was used in the calcul. of the center Changed on 04.04.2016 : Created the 'def GetBBoxN (h)' Changed on 18.04.2016 : set Initialize function: Marionette.InitializeView Changed on 27.11.2017 : Force TopView author: patrick winkler ''' import vs import Marionette @Marionette.NodeDefinition class Params(metaclass = Marionette.OrderedClass): this = Marionette.Node( 'Get Bounding Box' ) this.SetDescription("Returns the bounding box's coordinates of the projection of an object on the screen plane") # IMPORTANT: SetThe View to Top while Execution - The BB Values are otherwise incorrect!!!! this.SetInitFunc(Marionette.InitializeView) this.SetFinalFunc (Marionette.RestoreView) obj = Marionette.PortIn(vs.Handle(0)) obj.SetDescription( "The input object" ) topL2D = Marionette.PortOut() topL2D.SetDescription( "The top left coordinates of the bounding box" ) botR2D = Marionette.PortOut() botR2D.SetDescription( "The bottom right coordinatesr of the bounding box" ) width = Marionette.PortOut() width.SetDescription("The width of the bounding box.") height = Marionette.PortOut() height.SetDescription("The height of the bounding box.") center = Marionette.PortOut() center.SetDescription("The centerpoint of the bounding box.") def RunNode(self): def GetBBoxN (h, top_view = True): ''' Returns top left point, bottom right point, width, height and center of the object bounding box (as tuple). IMPORTANT: The result depends on the view in VW if top_view is False. ''' if top_view: # Change the view to Top temporarily orig_view = vs.GetView() vs.SetView(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) box = vs.GetBBox(h) topL2D = box[0] botR2D = box[1] center = [None, None] BB_width = botR2D[0] - topL2D[0] BB_height = topL2D[1] - botR2D[1] center[0] = topL2D[0] + BB_width / 2 center[1] = topL2D[1] - BB_height / 2 center = tuple (center) if top_view: # Restore the original view xAngle, yAngle, zAngle, offset = orig_view xDistance, yDistance, zDistance = offset vs.SetView(xAngle, yAngle, zAngle, xDistance, yDistance, zDistance) return (topL2D, botR2D, BB_width, BB_height, center) obj = self.Params.obj.value if not obj: raise ValueError('No object handle was provided!') topL2D, botR2D, BB_width, BB_height, center = GetBBoxN(obj, top_view = True) # SET THE OUT PORTS self.Params.topL2D.value = topL2D self.Params.botR2D.value = botR2D self.Params.width.value = BB_width self.Params.height.value = BB_height self.Params.center.value = tuple (center)

I looked it up in the source This list should contain all the real nams. univ_nams.txt

The internal name can differ from the display name. In your case it's Rebuild Curve/Surface regards, Patrick

FPenPatN is the solution. thanks

It might be obvious but I can't find the fucntion that returns the active LineStyle (Attribute Palette). Can someone give me a hint. http://developer.vectorworks.net/index.php/VS:Function_Reference#Document_Attributes Patrick

You can find additional indo and more examples on http://www.vectorlab.info I would recommend you pyodbc (or pypyodbc*) for the sql connection. It is easy to use, more stable and performs better than the vs. functions. * Almost totally same usage as pyodbc ( can be seen as a re-implementation of pyodbc in pure Python )

Hello, I need to call a Pythonscript (200 Lines!) wrappt in a VectorScript. Can you tell me how to get it between the brackets in VS? PythonExecute ( ?Load Pythonscript from external file? )

Function is a great timesaver node. Here is a version with two more optional params. I have to contain myself from using it to extensive because the readability of the code could suffer. It would be great for the future if the function was displayed on the node. function_N.vwx

Couldn't find a description in the online help. How is it done?

thanks Dom, I wonder why the criteria-dialog only calls a string-dlg as there is a more sophisticated dialog available. Here is the alternative version: crit_dlg_N.vwx.zip

Hi callum, try it with ResetObject(handle)

Hans, you just mentioned the solution. I forgot that there is a transfrommatrix-node. The Rotate3D node could be fixed by checking the type for PlugIn objects and using TransfMatrix in case. (@Marissa Farrel :))

Run it in 3D view and it will rotate.

Hi Hans, could you provide a vwx file to reproduce the problem.

Hello together, when using the pydev debugger I noticed that vs.Handle provides some attributes that make scripting a bit more comfortable. Hopefully more attributes will follow. def test(): vs.CreateText('Hello!!') h = vs.LNewObj() print ('Type', h.type) print ('Parent', h.parent) print ('Parent Type', h.parent.type) regards, Patrick

@Marionette.NodeDefinition class Params(metaclass = Marionette.OrderedClass): def get_SymDefs_in_File (): ''' Returns all Symbol-Definitions as list found in the active Document. ''' syms = [] SYMBOL_DEFINI_TYPE = 16 CURRENT_DOC = 0 Res_List, NumItems = vs.BuildResourceList (SYMBOL_DEFINI_TYPE, CURRENT_DOC, '') for i in range (NumItems): # Die Resourcelist beginnt nicht wie üblich mit dem Index 0 sondern mit 1 i += 1 h = vs.GetResourceFromList (Res_List, i) syms.append ( vs.GetName(h)) return syms ### this = Marionette.Node( 'Get Sym' ) sym_list = get_SymDefs_in_File () sym_popUp = Marionette.OIPControl( 'Syms', Marionette.WidgetType.Popup, 0, sym_list) sym = Marionette.PortOut() def RunNode(self): sel_idx = self.Params.sym_popUp.value self.Params.sym.value = self.Params.sym_popUp.popupChoices[sel_idx] Unfortunately you have to run it to refresh the popup values.

I've changed the Marionette.py to make it capable of showing the exceution order. I think this can also be helpfull in other cases then global var handling. You have to replace the Marionette.py inside the marionett plugin by the attached one (on your own risk). It only shows the order on the first outport if there is a vw class named 'mrnt_show_order' in the doc otherwise it shows the number of output values as usual. Marionette.py.zip

I hope meanwhile you found time to finish your script. I'm still curious about your solution.

Hi Dom, handling global vars looks like a dangerous thing to me. You have to be very carefull when connecting the nodes because it can change the flow of the network (first connected -> frist executed) which may lead to inconsistent values. (global var is accesed before assigned...). It seems that the flow also depends on the node from which you run the network. I've attached an example. regards global_var_test_v2017.vwx

You got it pat I could solve it by replacing the += with .append: def RunNode(self): dir = self.Params.dir.value obj = self.Params.obj.value a = 0 b = self.Params.step.value c = self.Params.count.value list = [] if c != 0: list = [a+n*b for n in range(c)] objs = [] for i in range(len(list)): if dir == 0: objs.append (vs.HDuplicate(obj, list[i], 0)) # Changed += to append elif dir == 1: objs.append (vs.HDuplicate(obj, 0, list[i])) # Changed += to append self.Params.array.value = objs The node creates 5 duplicates so you get 6 object s in total at the end. The original was not passed out the Linear Array node. I appended a Delete-node to the Line-node, maybe you want to at it rather to the output list of linear array. regards