Oh right, and also have clusters appear as icons on the toolbars so you can drag them in just like any other component.
-- David Rutten [email protected] Robert McNeel & Associates On Jan 16, 11:22 am, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > Clusters don't add any functionality to Grasshopper, they only make it > look cleaner since instead of looking at 50 components you're looking > at a single cluster object. > But the components are still there (I just don't draw them anymore) > and I have to jump through a series of exceedingly tight hoops to make > it work. > > The implementation I have in mind is that each cluster will become > it's own ghx file (whether on the disk or only in memory, similar to > Blocks in Rhino), and as such will truly remove the components from > the main file. Once a cluster is defined as a stand-alone entity, it > will be a piece of cake to instance it any number of times. This new > approach will remove a lot of nasty code from the Grasshopper drawing > pipeline, mouse event pipeline, file writing/reading pipeline and so > on and so forth. > > I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint Damien, when I mentioned > "algorithmic separation", I wasn't referring to threading at all. It > just means that all the components inside the cluster would no longer > be part of the solution-process of the main file. Instead, they would > run in a separate solution (but in the same thread) whenever something > needs the output of a cluster. > > At any rate, I've got a lot of work to do on data-structures before I > can start with the new cluster code, but it might be a good idea to > post your wishes early, so I don't have to force new features in after > the fact. > > I know of the following requests already: > - Password protect clusters, so they cannot be opened by anyone else. > - Be able to name, colour code and order input and output parameters. > - Be able to set default values for input params. > - Supply a custom help topic for the cluster. > - Have a separate editor for Cluster contents, which 'explodes' the > cluster temporarily into an empty canvas. > - Save cluster definitions as files so they can be easily re-used and > shared. > > -- > David Rutten > [email protected] > Robert McNeel & Associates > > On Jan 16, 8:07 am, rub <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > so, how's that works? as you can see at big > > picturehttp://www.designalyze.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/grasshoppershot... > > this cluster makes additional geometry for making a paper model from > > exploded vertices from triangles. any ideas how to do that with or > > without clusters? > > anyway thanks David for explanation! > > > On Jan 16, 1:57 am, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'd recommend keeping as good 3~4 feet distance between yourself and > > > clusters. The current implementation is absolutely disgusting and they > > > are short-listed to be rewritten from scratch. > > > At the moment, a cluster is nothing more than a visual override for a > > > bunch of components. There is no instancing, no algorithmic > > > separation. > > > > -- > > > David Rutten > > > [email protected] > > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > > On Jan 15, 11:48 pm, fraguada <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It looks like a cluster. You can take a couple of components and make > > > > them into a cluster. The icons are above the GH canvas and look like > > > > an explosion (that is the unclustering icon, the one next to it is the > > > > clustering icon). > > > > > luis > > > > > On Jan 15, 7:43 pm, rub <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > i was doing designalyze last project and i can't get what is > > > > > thishttp://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/Picture%204.png?gda=nFtdmUM...text > > > > > - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
