False Start Toggle
Alright, it's a pretty short showcase today but it's an important one.
Aside from my template, these is a component that I have on almost all my scripts. It's such a simple one too. I wish Grasshopper has it natively so I don't that my scripts aren't always dependent on this plugin.
Yep, that's it. It's a toggle. But it always defaults to false when you re-open your script.
That means no accidental re-runs or long processes.
Since learning of the existence of this 'false toggle' component, I used it every where in my script just to prevent things from running all the time.
It has saved me countless of headaches and I hope it does the same for you.
Get the component
Right now, this component is part of the Ladybug tools plugin which has a lot of other components. But if you don't need them (like me). I have attached the specific .gha file that only has this toggle. You can find it here :
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Happy scripting,
Braden
P.S. If you want to request a workflow breakdown or a specific kind of script, reply to this email and let me know. I'm always collecting ideas for future ones.