vaAutoNumberBlocks

Description

Automatically number blocks (using VisualArq parameters). Experimental script, has to be tested and updated.

Author and license

Script by MLAV.LAND, licensed under the GNU GPL 3 License.

Code

import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
import clr
clr.AddReference("VisualARQ.Script")
import VisualARQ.Script as va
 
def main():
    rs.EnableRedraw(False)
 
    # Get all block instances in the document
    block_instances = rs.GetObjects("Pick some blocks", 4096, preselect=True)
    if not block_instances:
        print("No block instances selected.")
        return
 
    autoId = 1
 
    # Iterate through each block instance
    for block in block_instances:
        # Get and set VisualARQ parameters
        parameterIds = va.GetAllObjectParameterIds(block, True)
        identifierParamId = None
        
        for paramId in parameterIds:
            paramName = va.GetParameterName(paramId)
            if paramName == "_00Id":
                identifierParamId = paramId
 
        if identifierParamId:
            # Format autoId to always have two digits
            formatted_autoId = str(autoId).zfill(2)
            va.SetParameterValue(identifierParamId, block, formatted_autoId)
            print(formatted_autoId)
            autoId += 1
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
    print("All objects IDs are numbered :)")