topic Re: Repeating Solid Command in 3D Script in Modeling

Repeating Solid Command in 3D Script

Arnaut_2604 — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 06:40:26 GMT

Hi there,
I've run into the following issue:
I have a complex shelf which I create using INSCTGROUP.

But everytime I place the result, I want to be able to change the thickness of it by defining the Value of Z before placing it. Like you could do with Gosub

However it keeps the demensions of the first time I defined Z.

Killgroup leaves the Group empty so I don't know how to make this work.

The script is just as an example:

for i = 1 to 5 addz 2 Gosub "Block": next i del top END "Block": GROUP "Base" Block A ,B ,zzyzx+(0.1*i) ENDGROUP GROUP "Operator" Rotz 45 Block A ,B ,zzyzx+(0.1*i) del 1 ENDGROUP Result = Subgroup("Base", "Operator") Placegroup Result RETURN

Is there any way to get around this problem?

Re: Repeating Solid Command in 3D Script

BrunoH — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:57:55 GMT

Hi Arnaut_2604,

Within a script each different group shall have a unique name, even if you kill a group you can't reuse it for a new one.

So you have to create a new name for each group.

You can use the i value to do this, see the example modified below.

for i = 1 to 5

addz 2

Gosub "Block":

next i

del top

END

"Block":

Cible = "Base" + STR (i,1,0)

GROUP Cible

Block A,B,zzyzx+(0.1*i)

ENDGROUP

Operateur = "Operator" + STR (i,1,0)

GROUP Operateur

Rotz 45

Block A,B,zzyzx+(0.1*i)

del 1

ENDGROUP

Resultat = "Result" + STR (i,1,0)

Resultat = Subgroup(Cible, Operateur)

Placegroup Resultat

RETURN

Re: Repeating Solid Command in 3D Script

Arnaut_2604 — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 10:31:02 GMT

Brilliant! Thank you!

Didn't know I could make a name which would change with every loop