Hmmmm,

I just dragged, scaled, trimmed, moved, rotated, etc...and the curves
remain in the same order.  Splitting removed that curve from the list
entirely.

I agree, its prob not best to rely on this order, but just wanted to
chime in on what I've noticed...

Luis


On Apr 8, 11:53 am, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Luis,
>
> if nothing else has happened, then yes. But if you drag a curve in the
> middle, or scale it, it will get popped to the top (or the bottom,
> depends on how you look at it) of the list.
> The order of objects in the document is not a constant and there are
> too many ways in which it can change.
>
> --
> David Rutten
> [email protected]
> Robert McNeel & Associates
>
> On Apr 8, 10:57 am, fraguada <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > In the case of curves, it seems to do the reverse, meaning the last
> > curve created will be the first curve in the referenced list.
> > Luis
>
> > On Apr 8, 10:50 am, fraguada <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > David,
> > > Is it not true that when you do a window-select it grabs the items in
> > > the order which they were created?
> > > For some reason I remember needing to know this a while back and this
> > > was the conclusion I came up with.  Try making multiple points in
> > > rhino and then referencing them into a point param....the blue
> > > connection lines should adhere to the order in which the points were
> > > created...maybe I am seeing things!
> > > Luis
>
> > > On Apr 7, 10:37 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi Wim,
>
> > > > Grasshopper never changes order of data. Only components like Sort and
> > > > Jitter do this.
>
> > > > The order in which curves are referenced, is typically the order in
> > > > which you pick them. If you window-select objects, then the order is
> > > > up for grabs, no way to predict it.
>
> > > > --
> > > > David Rutten
> > > > [email protected]
> > > > Robert McNeel & Associates
>
> > > > On Apr 7, 9:12 pm, wim <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > David,
>
> > > > > I'm trying to get my head around linking lists but before I get in too
> > > > > deep....
>
> > > > > with reference to the "Object names ?" thread of 2009-02-07
> > > > > (link :http://groups.google.com/group/grasshopper3d/browse_thread/
> > > > > thread/506c0b5c8cd37df1/fc9bac81c545fe9e?lnk=gst&q=%22Object+names+%3F
> > > > > %22  )
>
> > > > > How can I check / be sure that the order in which my Curve component
> > > > > lists the curves (or better: references the curves) in my document is
> > > > > the same as the order in which my String component lists them?
>
> > > > > In short, I was able to modify the example that you posted to get a
> > > > > list of layer names. But can I use this at all? Is there a way to
> > > > > check the list against the grasshopper curves? I guess not but is
> > > > > there then a way to ensure that the order is the same when the data
> > > > > enters grasshopper?
>
> > > > > cheers,
> > > > > wim

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