Cannot create a solid form through two loops

[Kristopher_Dane]

I’ve hacked one of the samples to read though a .csv file that contains a list of x,y,z coordinates. My code takes 8 of those points, creates two loops and then I want to turn those two loops into a solid similar to if I selected the loops and clicked on the “Create Form” button on the ribbon.

The image below shows what I have on the left and what I want on the right. Ultimately, I’ll iterate through a large csv file and the mass family will consist of lots of solid forms but for now I just want to get one working.

 

 

 

 

Here’s the code and the .csv

ImportExport_CSV to Stuff2

thinnedoutfortest

Thanks!

Kris

 

[Dimitar_Venkov]

Hi Kris,

I think what you had was a good start. From what I could tell, your problem was that the points in your .csv file were not sorted properly beforehand and it was hard for you to organize them into logical groups. I have a few suggestions:

ImportExport_CSV-to-Stuff2-20.11.14

 

A very helpful tip that I learned from Ritesh Chandawar, was that if you connect a list of points to a watch node, you can select the individual points and see their position in the background canvas:

Another problem is that there are two types of geometry in dynamo: Revit owned (model and reference curves) and Dynamo owned(geometry curves). You converted your points to model geometry and tried to use them into a geometry node. Ideally you’d stick with geometry curves till you finish your design and then convert everything to model geometry. That is because model geometry tends to be quite a bit slower due to all the extra data that Revit tries to load into it.

 

Tho if you want to use model geometry that is still doable:

ImportExport_CSV-to-Stuff2-Corrected