Plug-ins for Grasshopper

If I was going to build a full plug-in for Grasshopper, and say I needed to use a simple line component in it for example, would I have to build it from scratch?

Thanks,

Vern

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Permalink Reply by Mateusz Zwierzycki on January 29, 2013 at 3:39pm

Here you can download SDK help files. In the help file you can find section in which David described really well how to create simple components.

Permalink Reply by Andrew Heumann on January 29, 2013 at 5:34pm

The essential answer to your question is yes - in order to reproduce the functionality of existing components, you need to recode them from scratch. Most basic functionality however (such as a line) exists in the RhinoCommon SDK (different from the Grasshopper SDK that Mateusz is pointing you to). http://4.rhino3d.com/5/rhinocommon/

In your example, the basic functionality of a line looks like this:

new Line(PointA, PointB);

new Line(x1,y1,z1,x2,y2,z2);

and there are other options as well that you can find in the RhinoCommon SDK.

Permalink Reply by Vernon Vaden on January 30, 2013 at 10:13am