Ironbug + Hops Data Types

Hi @MingboPeng,

I’m testing out a workflow that references gh/Ironbug definitions stored in an external file using Hops. Hops requires specific data types (string, number, etc…) these data types don’t align with the output of Ironbug components since the types are very specific to Ironbug. Is there a way to convert the output of an Ironbug component to a string, then convert it back into a format that can be read by another Ironbug component?

There may be another way to approach this problem. I want to develop an approach that is more robust than using clusters, I thought hops would be a good approach because I can call definitions remotely. Let me know if you have any thoughts.

Thanks!

Hi @cam_lawrence,

Here are some ideas to serialize the Ironbug HVAC system. Let me know if this helps:

Ironbug Serialization.gh (28.9 KB)