Applying RDK materials question

hi all,

can anyone point me to the correct way how to apply a RDK material.

i would like to obtain a smooth render mesh with a custom material.

i proceeded like this:

- mesh brep

- custom preview -> RMB on "S" (Shader input) -> RDK Material -> choose Material by double click -> editor closes while appearence of the mesh will not change.

it seems like i am unable to apply the RDK material properly.

any helpful hints much appretiated!

ps: additionally i seem to have an issue with not being able to turn of mesh edge visibility. anyone?

win7 on dell workstation

rhino4

GH 0.7.0057

thanks in advance,

frank

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on October 18, 2010 at 11:52am

Hi Frank,

the RDK isn't available yet through RhinoCommon (we're working on this, but it will take a while). I used some very nasty PInvokes with Grasshopper 0.6 to communicate with the RDK, but those are no longer possible now.

It will be a while before everything is hooked up again.

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David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

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Permalink Reply by FrankS on October 19, 2010 at 1:55am

hi david,

thanks for the info. it was just a bit strange because i knew it already worked before...

is there a way to turn off mesh edge visibility when using custom preview? i seem to be unable to turn them off..

BTW: unfortunately i have little time to use GH ATM nor can i find a way to blend GH into my daily work, but i do follow the development and have to say: i am a fan! thanks for the good work. looking forward to see it prosper.

best,
frank

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on October 19, 2010 at 7:52am

Hi Frank,

this is a bug. The Custom Preview object should listen to the Mesh Wire setting in the View menu. It doesn't right now. I'll fix it.

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David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

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Permalink Reply by FrankS on October 20, 2010 at 1:46am

Thanks David.

best,
frank

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Permalink Reply by Seb on December 22, 2011 at 7:22am

Hi David,

Has this been fixed yet? I still cant seem to set the RDK material in the shader component.

Has anyone else figure out a different way to set RDK material?

Best,

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Permalink Reply by Seb on December 22, 2011 at 8:07am

I downloaded the RDK but I still cant set shader component to that specific RDK material.

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on December 22, 2011 at 12:45pm

Hi Seb,

I'm not sure. The RDK developers have been doing a lot of stuff, but I think everything they added is Rhino5 only. I'll have a chat with them, see what we can do.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia