ObjectType

Returns the object type.

Rhino.ObjectType (strObject)

strObject

Required. String. The identifier of the object.

Number

The object type if successful. The valid object types are as follows:

0	Unknown object
1	Point
2	Point cloud
4	Curve
8	Surface or single-face brep
16	Polysurface or multiple-face
32	Mesh
256	Light
512	Annotation
4096	Instance or block reference
8192	Text dot object
16384	Grip object
32768	Detail
65536	Hatch
131072	Morph control
134217728	Cage
268435456	Phantom
536870912	Clipping plane

Null

If not successful, or on error.

Dim strObject, intType

strObject = Rhino.GetObject("Select object")

If strObject <> vbNull Then

intType = Rhino.ObjectType(strObject)

Rhino.Print "Object type: " & CStr(intType)

End If