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styles are not setable with python

romainjanil — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 17:34:22 GMT

i think they should have a get/set method

Re: styles are not setable with python

DevinLavigne — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:15:48 GMT

agree with this 100%. Would be very nice to code into predefined styles.

Re: styles are not setable with python

ThomasFuchs — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 08:55:44 GMT

Hello @romainjanil and @DevinLavigne

Thanks for your input. With python it is indeed only possible to set attributes, but no styles.

The CE team is looking into this.

Thanks

Thomas Fuchs

Re: styles are not setable with python

romainjanil — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 17:50:12 GMT

great, I didn't realized this wasn't possible till I tried to use a similar feature (pre set some geo styles with local attributes values inside a generic geo-typical rule file and call them depending on the shape geo-location)

Re: styles are not setable with python

DevinLavigne — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 17:58:38 GMT

Thanks @ThomasFuchs - cga too right?

Re: styles are not setable with python

ThomasFuchs — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:55:49 GMT

@DevinLavigne yes, from within CGA, it is not possible to set a style.

Styles can only be selected in the CE Inspector.

Re: styles are not setable with python

ElliotHartley — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:17:46 GMT

This would be of great help in a number of projects. I've cobbled together a style creator (for external assets) in python but having a formal way of doing all of this would be nice.

Re: styles are not setable with python

Clover4 — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 21:48:00 GMT

I agree that a new way to get/set styles is the ideal here and came to find out if it was possible, which it is not.

But one workaround after you create the style is turn it back into a function. So a style gets transformed from:

style SuperStyle attr Color = "Red"

Use a find and replace on your style selection:

Find: "attr" Replace "set("

Find: "=" Replace ","

I can't get the carriage return to work for setting the " ) " so that's has to been done manually.

And then loop it back to ruleset however in the stack you placed it, probably all the way at the top.

Now your style is a function and can be used in conditional logic.

SuperStyle--> set(Color,"Red") NextRule //Your setting your attributes at the top of your ruleset and this a detour.

But yeah, a get/set is what we need.

Re: styles are not setable with python - Status changed to: Under Consideration

ChristianIten — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 12:52:12 GMT