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Billboard Reads the Process Flow Label Value

maryamh11 — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 22:19:57 GMT

How can I create a billboard that reads a label value from a Process Flow and updates automatically? I tried saving the label value on a 3D object and pointing the billboard to it, but the text doesn’t refresh.

Re: Billboard Reads the Process Flow Label Value

FelixMoehlmann — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 07:49:28 GMT

What exactly do you mean by "label value from a Process Flow"? A label of a token, a label of the Process Flow itself or a variable?

Re: Billboard Reads the Process Flow Label Value

maryamh11 — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:11 GMT

yes, a label on a token.

Re: Billboard Reads the Process Flow Label Value

FelixMoehlmann — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 06:43:33 GMT

I can't say why your method didn't work (would need to see the model for that). But you could also write a reference to the token from which you want to read the label to the text object after the model starts.

Re: Billboard Reads the Process Flow Label Value

maryamh11 — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:32:21 GMT

Let's say a token is assigned two labels: 'Day' (a string) and 'Batch' (a number). The billboard should update automatically once both labels are assigned to the token. I'm attaching the updated example here. How can the billboard get updated based on the label on the token here?

Re: Billboard Reads the Process Flow Label Value

FelixMoehlmann — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 05:55:40 GMT

The billboard updates its text every time a new frame is drawn (by executing the code in the Text Display field). Showing the token is just a matter of giving the text object a way to refer to the token (by writing the reference to a pointer label in the Process Flow) and knowing what labels should be read from the token.