Hi Rob, when Grasshopper starts it collects all the existing settings from the registry. If there aren't any settings there yet, it will revert to default. Then, when it successfully closes, it will write all its settings into the registry. If this fails, it will revert back to defaults the next time you run it. Apart from being annoying, it doesn't limit the functionality.
The location inside the registry I picked ought to be always writeable, but if you switch users, then those settings are out of reach and you'll get defaults once again. If it doesn't work, I'd love to know why. Regarding the font picker... that's my mistake. The next version will no longer have size limits. -- David Rutten [email protected] Robert McNeel & Associates On Jan 25, 1:19 am, rob <[email protected]> wrote: > -keyboard commands to group preview, of course, thanks. i don't look > in pulldown menus anymore... > -turned off the openGL sprites, restarted and it worked. i have the > recent file queue, now. will this cause any other problems, though? > -i'll take custom post-it colors, as long as it uses your cool 3d > color selector. but maybe we could have font sizes beyond 20, too... > > thanks. > > On Jan 24, 6:27 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Rob, > > > - For multi preview toggles, select all the components you want to > > toggle and press Ctrl+Q (preview on) or Ctrl+Shift+Q (preview off). > > These are also in the Solution menu. > > - The recent files ought to store all definitions which have been > > opened/saved. Not just the current session. If it *is* only storing > > the current session, it means there is a problem with persistent > > settings. Can you please test this by switching off the OpenGL sprites > > (View menu), closing down Grasshopper and Rhino, restarting Rhino and > > Grasshopper and see if it's still off? > > - I'm planning custom colour background for Post-It panels, will that > > work? Or do you also want to be able to adjust the rotation of the > > panels, like you could with real post-its? :) > > > -- > > David Rutten > > [email protected] > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > On Jan 24, 11:46 pm, rob <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey David > > > > Admittedly, I didn't get your angle at first. It seems like you're > > > trying to streamline the creation of definitions, limit the number of > > > components used. That could be fine, but that amount of streamlining > > > may stifle some people (make it too easy...). Much of the parametric > > > creativity comes in the more explicit connections. Centroids, though, > > > are always helpful and bounding box seems like the logical place to > > > put it for connecting, positioning and general organization. > > > > While I'm here, I thought I could give a little wish list: > > > --Right now I'm working with surfaces boxes in designing facades, and > > > would eventually like to get dimensions for the adjusted modules for > > > fabrication (length of brep edges, volume, area, etc.) > > > Perhaps that's more than just a wish list item... ;-) > > > --multi preview toggle, so we don't have to go to each component. > > > --Previously opened definitions aren't queued in the "recent files" > > > pull down menu; only what has been opened in a current session. That > > > would be cool to have. > > > --Something like labels or titles to label sections of a definition. > > > Like completely dumb stickies with a couple different colors. Great > > > for organization, explanation and sharing of info. > > > > That's all for now. Thanks again. > > > > rob > > > > On Jan 24, 11:13 am, Rchitekt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > David, > > > > You beat me to it :) > > > > > On Jan 24, 8:09 am, Rchitekt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Bas, > > > > > I think David was after something slightly different. I'm pretty sure > > > > > he was asking about specific translation conversions. Meaning, if a > > > > > component wants a Brep for the input and you give it a surface, the > > > > > surface will be converted into a Brep on the fly. The same is true > > > > > for a Curve and a Number. If the component you are working with wants > > > > > a Number input, and you happen to give it a curve, it will > > > > > automatically translate that and output the Curve length as a number. > > > > > There are lots of autoconversions going on, and I think he's asking > > > > > whether or not we have a preference for some of the new conversion > > > > > structures. > > > > > And you should be able to get the length, breadth, and height of a > > > > > bounding box through using the Box Components (Surface/Analysis/Box > > > > > Components). > > > > > Best, > > > > > Andy > > > > > > On Jan 24, 5:35 am, bas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi David, > > > > > > > I would appriciate such basic functions. Midpoint of a line or curve > > > > > > would be a function I will often use. The Volume centre is now > > > > > > possible via Volume, but this is slowing down the script due to the > > > > > > volume calculation. I would like to add: length, breadth and hight > > > > > > of > > > > > > a bounding box. > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Bas > > > > > > > On Jan 23, 7:33 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Does it make sense to anyone to have default conversions for: > > > > > > > > Curve -> Point (start point? mid point? end point? centre > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > bounding box?) > > > > > > > Surface -> Point (centre of bounding box? centre of UV > > > > > > > domain?) > > > > > > > Brep -> Point (bounding box centre? Volume/Area centroid?) > > > > > > > Mesh -> point (?) > > > > > > > Box -> Point (... etc. etc.) > > > > > > > Twisted Box -> Point > > > > > > > Generic Geometry -> Point > > > > > > > > And, if so, how would you expect it to work? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > David Rutten > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > Robert McNeel & Associates
