Why can't Face not have names just like Groups and Comp?
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Why can't Face not have names just like Groups and Components?
I am working on something and on the way was asking myself that it would be useful to call a face by its name. I wish next API update makes this happen!
Cheers!
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I think that it's beacuse faces lye more under risc of destructive operations. A pushpull or an intersect may create new faces with new id's, names may then get lost.
Maybe try sticking an attribute to the face, then you can retrieve it during sessions.
Or use entity id's..Here is some recent discussion regarding the subject:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=51976
I'm still experimenting a bit with this and havent decided what works best.
There are some topics about the matter in some lost thread in this forum,
but appears to have little of black magic to it.I realize you desire an API change in the matter, but I'm not sure it would be useful considering the first issues mentioned.
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That make sense why faces don't have names then...thanks for reply and I will have a look that that link to study other possibilities.
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My pleasure. There may be more to it I'm not aware about. So don't forget to report back if you find something useful
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