JP,
Here's the code that David sent me. From there you'll have to add any
renderer specific calls. You can do this by using the RunScript
method which basically allows you to do macros from the dotNet
script. App.RunScript ("YourMacroHere")
>From David:
To make a rendering all you need to do is add the geometry. If you
assign materials to layers you can also control materials in that way,
or make your script even more specific by actually replacing an
existing BRep object with your new geometry That way you can inherit
material assignments without problems and even texture mapping widgets
are probably kept intact. In this case your VB script of course needs
to know the ID of the object(s)? you're working with.
These are the steps you need:
Sub RunScript(ByVal x As OnBrep, ByVal y As String)
Dim obj As IRhinoBrepObject = doc.AddBrepObject(x)
doc.Regen()
Dim filename As String = "C:\GH_Animation\frame" & y & ".bmp"
app.RunScript("-_Render")
app.RunScript("-_SaveRenderWindowAs """ & filename & """")
app.RunScript("-_CloseRenderWindow")
doc.DeleteObject(New MRhinoObjRef(obj), True, True)
End Sub
but be careful since this thing will trigger a Render EVERY time you
change the inputs. You may want to add an additional input (boolean
toggle) which disables the VB component.
HTH,
Damien
On Mar 1, 1:41 pm, qwer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Damien..
> great.. well done..
> i d just like to ask how did u exactly render the thing.. i mean the
> sequence of the rebaking geometry..
> could u possibly upload the script with some cool hints?<
> i ve made a more complex project recently that i d like to bring to
> the life..
> its a pity that there is no possibility to present the GH advantages
> in richer animations.. still images aren't sometimes showing enough..
> hope i haven't missed some lesson)
> thanx in advance
> JP
>
> On Feb 25, 3:56 am, damien_alomar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Luis. It was a cool project to do. 95% of it came together in
> > about less than a week. It was all fun and games until getting the
> > geometry out of GH to render it. I kept on running into memory issue
> > on the 32-bit machines that I was using. The last 5% (the search
> > adjustments and images for the clouds) were all done on my 64 bit
> > machine which ran a lot smoother. Regenerating the solution still
> > takes about 45secs to a minute though.
>
> > Thanks Chris. The canvas is just patched together from multiple
> > screenshots...I think in order to see that whole definition at that
> > scale you'd need an array of about 4-6 30in monitors. Even on my two
> > 24" monitors zoom all is at about 50%.
>
> > Best,
> > Damien
>
> > On Feb 24, 7:56 pm, Chris Wilkins <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Awesome. How did you get such a large image of the GH canvas?
> > > -Chris
>
> > > On Feb 24, 5:06 pm, fraguada <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Thanks for the text on the project Damien...great to read the
> > > > description of this...the project is quite nice!
> > > > Luis
>
> > > > On Feb 24, 10:05 pm, damien_alomar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hey everybody...I just put one of the last Grasshopper projects that I
> > > > > worked on up on my blog. Its a bridge installation in Paris that was
> > > > > done all through GH with the help of a lot of custom scripted
> > > > > components. Hope you take a look at it and enjoy it. I should be
> > > > > posting a few more images from it in a few days.
>
> > > > >liquidtectonics.blogspot.com
>
> > > > > Best,
> > > > > Damien- Hide quoted text -
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