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Florian Frank replied to Charles Portelli's discussion Modifying Custom Components

"Hi Charles, the object reference error is due to the missing IGH_PreviewArgs instance. You instantiate a Nothing (or Null) which doesn't work. You should use an override of the DrawViewportWires or DrawViewportMeshes method of a GH_Component.…"

Jun 10

Charles Portelli replied to Charles Portelli's discussion Modifying Custom Components

"Hi Florian, I've tried the above override but I keep getting an error saying "object reference not set to an instance of an object" I tried a couple of different options, with the same results. Dim args As igh_previewargs =…"

Jun 10

Charles Portelli replied to Charles Portelli's discussion Modifying Custom Components

"Thanks Florian!! I'll give it a shot. Cheers, [C]"

Jun 7

Florian Frank replied to Charles Portelli's discussion Modifying Custom Components

"Hi Charles, 1 & 2) http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/creating-a-component-with-a 3) You have to write your own Display ovverride and feed it with the 3dText like so: public override void DrawViewportMeshes(IGH_PreviewArgs…"

Jun 7

Charles Portelli posted a discussion

Modifying Custom Components

Hi All,I'm in the process of developing a few components in VS and had a few questions.1) On a custom component is it possible to dynamically add input parameters such as the scripting components? If so, how? (See Image 1)2) On a custom component is is possible to make edits to the right click menu to add custom feature? (See Image 2)3) I want to create a component that displays a series of text on the screen similar to the TEXT TAG (3D) component. I've tried using the TextEntity class and the…See More

Jun 6

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Charles Portelli posted a discussion

Rhino 5 + Gh Loft + Draw display

Hi All,I'm migrating from rh4 to rh5 and i'm running into a bit of an issue. I have the latest sp installed and the latest version of gh. I'm trying to loft a series of simple curves and rh / gh hangs up. When I have the gh display settings set to "Don't draw any preview geometry" the loft works fine, but when i go to preview the geometry rh / gh doesn't cooperate so well. I have the preview mesh setting set to low quality. Does anybody have any insight as to why this may be happening? The file…See More

Feb 11

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Charles Portelli replied to Charles Portelli's discussion Template File

"That's awesome, thanks!"

Feb 11

David Rutten replied to Charles Portelli's discussion Template File

"See http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/template-file-1?commentId=2985220%3AComment%3A783439 -- David Rutten david@mcneel.com Poprad, Slovakia"

Feb 5

Jesus Galvez replied to Charles Portelli's discussion Template File

"Have you tried with a macro? This might work the first time you start grasshopper: Something like: Grasshopper -Grasshopper D O "File Template Path" I have tried it out and the problem is that the macro skips to the second command…"

Feb 5

David Rutten replied to Charles Portelli's discussion Template File

"Nope. Sorry. -- David Rutten david@mcneel.com Poprad, Slovakia"

Nov 21, 2012

Charles Portelli posted a discussion

Template File

Is there a way to create a template file so that when a user opens a new gh file there will be some items already on the canvas?In particular i'm looking to add a color swatch and some text.Thanks[C]See More

Nov 21, 2012

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Charles Portelli replied to Mario Guttman's discussion VisualStudio Debugger Start Rhino

"I've set my VS to open rhino4 and set the build output path to the same location where GH looks for additional libraries. I've also set Rhino to start my gh file on start up. When I press the debug button, everything launches as expected.…"

Jul 26, 2012

Charles Portelli replied to Charles Portelli's discussion Numbering Sequence

"silly thing I overlooked. Thanks."

May 21, 2012

Danny Boyes replied to Charles Portelli's discussion Numbering Sequence

"i notice you have an expression on the c input is it c-1 by any chance"

May 19, 2012

Danny Boyes replied to Charles Portelli's discussion Numbering Sequence

"i cannot access gh at the moment but from the image i would say this is longest list data matching. you have more points than numbers so the last two are the same. change your logic for creating the number series to be +1"

May 19, 2012

Charles Portelli posted a discussion

Numbering Sequence

I have a series of points, and i'm trying to number them but for some reason the last two points are being numbered differently (see image below). A value is being skipped. Any idea why this would happen or how to fix it? I attached the GH definition.Thanks,[C]See More

May 18, 2012

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