> ..for example 2/16 or 8/16, > you display it as a fraction with the smallest denominator, that is > 1/4 or 1/2 respectively.
math fail :( On Jan 18, 2:58 am, visose <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe you find this > useful:http://grasshopper3d.googlegroups.com/web/16fractions.ghx > > I'm not sure if i understood correctly so maybe this has nothing to do > with what you are really looking for. What i figure is that the ring > sizes increase by 1/16, but when you have for example 2/16 or 8/16, > you display it as a fraction with the smallest denominator, that is > 1/4 or 1/2 respectively. > This definition contains an integer slider where each number > represents 1/16. This number of 1/16ths are then converted into the > appropriate format using a text tag on the rhino viewport. It will > display some text like "sz 2 and 1/4th" or "sz 4 and 7/16th". The idea > is not to look at the actual number that the slider is displaying, but > rather at the numbers displayed in the viewport. > > I did it using standard components but if you do a search in google > you can find vb.net functions that convert decimals to fractions. > > On Jan 17, 11:31 pm, CAD-NY <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Jan 17, 4:49 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi CAD, > > > > when you open the Expression editor of a slider (through the slider > > > context menu), it should tell you all the variables that are > > > available. > > > In the case of sliders, the variable that's available is the slider > > > name. > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/grasshopper3d/web/SliderExpression.jpg > > > I didn't realized that (thank you, more learning) > > In my case (ring sizes for jewelry) the sizes are broken down in 1/2, > > 1/4, 1/8 or 1/16th. > > We use Sliders to compound the right finger Size. Es: (sz 6 and 7/8) > > or (sz 6 and 1/16th) etc. > > All of these obviously are in millimeters but the slider should be > > able to change the numeric disply from 1 to 4, or 1 to 8, or 1 to 16. > > Another Slider, based on the finger size,should change the Min, Max > > and Numeric input for Height of the ring (based on the Finger Size) so > > that the end-user needs not to think. > > Is this possible? > >
