Hi Tactom,

OnCurve and OnSurface are abstract classes and they therefore have no
constructor (well, things are slightly more complicated because the
DotNET SDK is wrapped around the C++ SDK)

If you want to create a curve, you have to make a specific kind of
curve, such as OnArc, OnLine, OnPolyline, OnNurbsCurve.... etc.

--
David Rutten
[email protected]
Robert McNeel & Associates



On Feb 3, 4:18 pm, tactom <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks David,
>
> The specific problem I was facing using C# script was that the
> constructors of OnSurface and OnCurve were protected, and I could not
> figure out how to create new instances.
>
> However, I have just figured out that RhUtil was what I needed.
> I will just try to learn more about the SDK...
>
> Tomohiro Tachi
>
> On 2月2ζ—₯, 午後11:33, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Tomohiro,
>
> > this is not possible now and it will not be possible in the future.
> > You can use all the Grasshopper methods you want, but components are
> > mostly defined in separate class libraries (dll, except we call them
> > gha <GrassHopperAssembly>) and they are not within reach.
>
> > At any rate, the components won't do you much good even if you could
> > call their functions, because they depend on the Grasshopper data
> > casting mechanisms which are incredibly complicated. These mechanisms
> > make it easier to use if the front-end is visual, but if you're
> > writing code in a strongly typed language (such as VB or C#) you're
> > far better off with good old-fashioned DotNET function signatures.
>
> > I can help you by adding utility functions to the Grasshopper SDK, but
> > I think it makes more sense for us to add those utility functions
> > directly to the Rhino SDK so it will benefit all plugin developers. If
> > you have a specific question we can always immediately help you with
> > that of course.
>
> > --
> > David Rutten
> > [email protected]
> > Robert McNeel & Associates
>
> > On Feb 2, 5:37 am, tactom <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Could anyone tell me if there is a general way to call existing
> > > components from VB or C# script?
> > > I would like to refactorize my grasshopper spaghetti into a small
> > > number of C# components, hopefully without directly calling OpenNurbs
> > > methods.
>
> > > If this is not possible, I would like it to be included into a Wish
> > > List.
> > > Thank you.
>
> > > Tomohiro Tachi

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