Updating geometries in Honeybee

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Hi

I am trying to modify my designed geometry in Rhino. However, I can see that the geometries are just changed in the Rhino itself; when I am using HB Visualize by Type, the zone shown is still the previous before changing.

Is there any component, actions, etc. to update the geometries and the zones in Grasshopper/Honeybee according to the changes in Rhino?

Please see the attached

Many thanks in advance

Sincerely,
Behnam

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Hi Behnam,

I’m not sure what component you are using to grab the geometry into GH interface.
Typically, you can click the mid button of the mouse and choose recompute - This action will rerun all the components and surely will update the geometry/visual on the GH side.

Also check eleFront component plugin. It provides some ways to update your geometry that may be helpful for you.

Best,
Jiewei

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Hi Jiewei,

Thank you for your response and info about eleFront. I did not know about the plugin you mentioned.

I noticed now, if I use Geometry Pipeline (one built-in component included in the Grasshopper), the geometry is dynamic; I can change the geometry in Rhino, and dynamically the geometry changes in HB automatically.

It seems that Breps and Geometry itself record the designed geometry and more or less are solid, while Geometry Pipeline is flexible and dynamic.

Sincerely,
Behnam

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I tried the recompute option for the Geometry, it seems it does not work to update the geometry features produced by HB

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You just reminded me of another trick that might help -

When I found some geometry not updated, I might go to Pipeline and then disable and enable this component . Geometry is usually updated after this ‘disable & enable’ action.

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