@MuseumDesigner wrote:
Hi, this is my first foray into Python scripting. I learn best when I have a specific task i'm trying to achieve. I've installed Atom editor & the Rhino-Python package. I've tinkered with a few simple scripts. I still have a lot to learn but I want to get a jump start by solving a particular workflow issue that would make a huge difference in my day to day work.
My work is exhibition design for a museum. One of the first steps I take to lay out a design is to use PictureFrame to import at scale thumbnails of the objects.
Goal #1: Batch import of images. I'd like to learn how to choose a folder and have the script import all of the images. I realize placement and size is a factor here. At the least, i'd be happy with equal spacing of the images in a horizontal row and I would be fine if they were all a fixed width which I can rescale later.
Ambitious Goal #2: Same as above, but instead, can I create a script that would place the image with PictureFrame (embedded), then call data from a spreadsheet or text file that provides height & width info?
Extra Ambitious Goal #3: Same as #2, but with the addition of Text (from spreadsheet) placed centered a fixed distance above each image.
This is a big deal because i'm usually dealing with 150-400 objects at a time. It takes 1-3 days to manually import the images and add the text. See images below to get an idea of what i'm doing.
If I can get this figured out then i'd love to add the next step of representing the objects in 3D with a box pulling height, width & depth data from file.
Thanks for any help you have to offer!
-Brandon
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