Dataprep with Rhino Tags

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Hi,

I am trying to import some geometry with tags in Rhino via the Dataprep asset.

I believe tags are a relatively new Rhino 7 feature and follow a standard key/value tag format.

Currently, my tags are being lost and are not transferred to processed geo. Are there any plans to add support for this in the near future?

Thanks

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Hi Evmatica !

Are you referring to Text Fields ? Rhino - Enhanced Text Fields

Those are supported and will export in your Datasmith file and import in UE as MetaData (see Using Datasmith Metadata in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.0 Documentation)

Here’s an example :

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If it’s something else, I would be happy to help if you can point to me exactly where those tags are (or even better post a simple file featuring these tags).

Cheers !
Antoine

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Thanks Antoine, that was super quick :slight_smile:

Very interesting, tried it today and didn’t work. Maybe the reason I can’t see them is that I am trying to do this on 4.27?

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Hmm weird it’s been a feature of the Rhino plugin since 4.26.

When you open the exported .udatasmith file with a notepad, do you see Metadata lines ?

Those are located at the end of the file, here’s a sample :

<MetaData name="ebdc4a2bd85a40a01a39e1cfc8cb1406_DATA" reference="Actor.ebdc4a2bd85a40a01a39e1cfc8cb1406">
		<KeyValueProperty name="TestKey" type="String" val="TestValue"/>
</MetaData>

Cheers,
Antoine

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Hi Antoine,

I was using an older Datasmith version on my personal PC. It worked once I switched to an up to date one.

Thanks for your help!

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Glad to hear !

As a rule of thumb, always update your plugins when you’re updating the engine :slight_smile:

Cheers !
Antoine