Hi,
does anyone have an idea how to store the output of certain node in a global variable?
If you’re talking about within Dynamo itself (not a global parameter in Revit) then it’s not currently possible. You can write a function to return a static value but you can’t use inputs when writing a function.
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use a function that writes to a dictionary.
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in Dynamo it self and i want the output of a certain node…the return of a function cant be a node’s output.
i have tried to do it with functions but i didn’t succeed.
Assuming you have a non-complex data type, you can write to a CSV in the temp directory and use that as an external dictionary to store your values.
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I don’t understand this point. the return value of a function can of course be a node’s output value. What are you trying to do?
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On the left side of my script (pretty big script) is my inputs, i want to show some analytical data nearby the inputs without creating nodes connections between the end the the beginning of the script.
i know how to return a string from a function but thats not what i need i do need to add the values from some node to a variable…
for now i think i will accept the one from #JacobSmall as a solution.
but i think it would be nice to store the value you need in a variable like in c# for example…
thanks for all
That’s actually pretty easy and pretty slick. You’re limited to basic object types but that’s a given.
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I don’t have access to dynamo right now, but -
why not do something like this:
(this is pseudo code)
x= {};
def staticDict(){
return x;
}
def storeValue (varName, value)
{
staticDict()[varName] = value;
}
def getValue(varName){
return staticDict()[varName];
}
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Great ideas guys, thanks
hello Michael, I’m trying to implement this code,
but I don’t quite get it working,
have you ever managed to make it works?
Hello Nick,
Did you put something in your Python nodes?
I have tried and it doesn’t work
I followed Jacob’s suggestion of writing to a CSV. It’s a little higher up in the thread.