Increment an integer parameter with object placement

[James Murray]

I would like to have an object with an integer parameter that is saved at 1, so that when the object is placed, the instance has the value 1, and then the next instance has the value 2, etc. Is this possible?

James M

[Péter Baksa]

Not really, the library isn’t designed to allow communication between objects.
There maybe a hackish solution using the text I/O addon, but that wouldn’t handle delete, undo/redo and copy/paste workflows.

After placement ArchiCAD will auto-increment the ID of the next element in the infobox if it ends with a digit.

You can use GLOB_INTGUID if you don’t need to count the objects, just a distinct ID.

Péter Baksa
Library Platform, Software Engineer
GRAPHISOFT SE

[James Murray]

Thanks, Peter, that might actually do it in this case.

James M

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