Grasshopper SDK

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on May 8, 2012 at 3:39am

Hi Pouria,

you are aware that there already is a Cylindrical Point component which takes an angle, a radius and an elevation right?

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on May 8, 2012 at 3:40am

Anyway, the code inside the SolveInstance() method of that component looks like this:

Dim plane As Rhino.Geometry.Plane = Rhino.Geometry.Plane.Unset
Dim angle As Double = Double.NaN
Dim radius As Double = Double.NaN
Dim elevation As Double = Double.NaN

If (Not DA.GetData(0, plane)) Then Return
If (Not DA.GetData(1, angle)) Then Return
If (Not DA.GetData(2, radius)) Then Return
If (Not DA.GetData(3, elevation)) Then Return

If (Not plane.IsValid) Then Return
If (Not RhinoMath.IsValidDouble(angle)) Then Return
If (Not RhinoMath.IsValidDouble(radius)) Then Return
If (Not RhinoMath.IsValidDouble(elevation)) Then Return

Dim x As Double = radius * Math.Cos(angle)
Dim y As Double = radius * Math.Sin(angle)

DA.SetData(0, plane.PointAt(x, y, elevation))

If that's any help...

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Pouria on May 8, 2012 at 6:26am

Hi David, 

that really helps , is there any other source for knowing about Grasshopper SDK ? ( I know about the one which one can download from Grasshopper help menu)

or is there anyway to know about the code inside SolveInstance() method of other components??

Bests, Pouria

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on May 8, 2012 at 7:24am

Hi Pouria,

nope, that's all there is. Most of it is .NET skills, some of it is RhinoCommon skills, and a teeny tiny bit of it is Grasshopper skills. For this kind of stuff at least, if you want to add your own data type or parameters you'll need quite a bit more Grasshopper skills, but I've tried to keep standard component development as straightforward as possible.

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia