Distractions? :) It sounds like having 'leech objects' that attach themselves to regular components/parameters and somehow alter the properties might be quite an interesting approach. It might even be a solution for visual Conditionals and Loops. Now you've got me thinking.......
-- David Rutten Robert McNeel & Associates On Sep 30, 12:01 am, taz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David, > > No, I wouldn't say I'd find it necessary. > > When I put together the pdf I thought (in the case of an exploding a > box) some may want the individual components results to display > differently as direct output. That could still easily be done with > an 'attach' color component just like for meshes. > > Don't let me distract you with too much talk of colors since I know > that's farther down the list. > > taz > > On Sep 29, 11:37 am, David Rutten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Taz, Visose, > > > that indeed sounds like an easy fix. I'mnottoo fond of this > > particular solution since it might involve some data duplication (the > > display code still tends to duplicate data in order to prevent null > > points during viewport redraws, but this is something I'm looking > > into). > > > Taz,doyou really need this kind of control on a per-parameter basis? > > Would it be enough to be able to 'attach' some sort of properties > > override object to an entire component? > > > -- > > David Rutten > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > On Sep 28, 1:14 am, visose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What taz explains about the layers parameter and component is exactly > > > what i visualized that didn't seem to require a big change in how > > > grasshopper works, just another component. Add rhino layers as another > > > type of object to be able to link from the rhino model just as curves, > > > points, etc. The next best thing would be to link materials, and be > > > able to change some of it's basic properties through grasshopper. I've > > > read that the main users of grasshopper are architects. Architecture > > > isnotonly geometry, but also texture, light and color. Make that > > > parametric too, please ;)- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
