# Aviary

**URL:** https://discourse.mcneel.com/c/grasshopper/aviary/85.md

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## [Surfaces edge blur effect](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/surfaces-edge-blur-effect/163138)

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**Author:** [@dancon88](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dancon88)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/surfaces-edge-blur-effect/163138 "2023-07-22T14:48:16Z")

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Hi there, To give you a quick description of what I generally use Grasshopper for: I create 2d artworks that (put simply) fall within the hard edge abstraction genre, i.e. generally geometric with crisp edges. I would n…

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## [Bitmap+ Save Bitmap component recompute](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/bitmap-save-bitmap-component-recompute/142523)

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**Author:** [@Czaja](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Czaja)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/bitmap-save-bitmap-component-recompute/142523 "2022-05-21T02:31:10Z")

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Hi @DavidMans, to start I would like to say Thank You! for the plugins you created and shared with us. In the past, I had Aviary on my list of things to try, but for some reason I never did it, it might be that I was a l…

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## [Graphic+: Solid Fill unwanted Stroke by default](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/graphic-solid-fill-unwanted-stroke-by-default/142524)

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**Author:** [@Czaja](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Czaja)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/graphic-solid-fill-unwanted-stroke-by-default/142524 "2022-05-13T15:04:29Z")

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Hi, I got one small suggestion/wish for the wonderful Grphic+ plugin. Is it possible that Solid Fill component would output the shape without a stroke by default? I found myself all the times removing strokes with the S…

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## [What have you made with MESH+?](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/what-have-you-made-with-mesh/135327)

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**Author:** [@DavidMans](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/DavidMans)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/what-have-you-made-with-mesh/135327 "2021-12-27T06:20:08Z")

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So after years of sitting on it, I am one plugin away from getting around to finishing Mesh + 3 and finally releasing it. This will be a much more efficient and pretty drastic overhaul of the toolkit. But before I jump …

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## [Graphic Plus now supports text](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/graphic-plus-now-supports-text/134417)

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**Author:** [@DavidMans](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/DavidMans)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/graphic-plus-now-supports-text/134417 "2021-12-03T08:56:35Z")

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Graphic Plus version 1.3.0 now supports text objects in the viewer and SVG. https://www.food4rhino.com/en/app/graphic?lang=en Text location and orientation are set by a plane input. The Font component can be used to u…

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## [Aviary component can't find Accord.NET](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/aviary-component-cant-find-accord-net/97995)

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**Author:** [@abeebe39](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/abeebe39)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/aviary-component-cant-find-accord-net/97995 "2021-06-29T11:41:38Z")

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Hi all, I’m running Rhino 6 with Grasshopper for Windows on a Mac with Parallels. Without having a discussion about why that is, I have a question about Aviary and Accord.NET. There are a number of components in Aviary…

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## [Say Hello to Aviary](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/say-hello-to-aviary/51879)

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**Author:** [@DavidMans](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/DavidMans)\
**Replies:** 52\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/say-hello-to-aviary/51879 "2021-03-11T04:46:05Z")

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Aviary provides a formatting platform on top of Grasshopper 3D. From formatting layouts, to graphing data, through converting curves to illustrations, capturing 3d geometry, and even manipulating bitmaps the goal of the …

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## [Unable to cast object of type 'Aviary.Wind.Graphics.Fill' to type 'Aviary.Wind.Graphics.GradientLinear'](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/unable-to-cast-object-of-type-aviary-wind-graphics-fill-to-type-aviary-wind-graphics-gradientlinear/102180)

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**Author:** [@bringfire](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/bringfire)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/unable-to-cast-object-of-type-aviary-wind-graphics-fill-to-type-aviary-wind-graphics-gradientlinear/102180 "2020-09-08T19:47:33Z")

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Hello, Aviary looks so promising. I am having problems with filling either a closed curve or a brep with a linear gradient. I get the following error when I attempt to use either the View Drawing component or the Draw…

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## [Return Value (Get)](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/return-value-get/57046)

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**Author:** [@BEMAD](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/BEMAD)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/return-value-get/57046 "2019-10-23T14:19:50Z")

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@DavidMans What is the X value in the “Return Value (Get)” correspond to?? I was expecting to have the index number like in HUI in order to make conditional stuff behind?

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## [Colors on charts](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/colors-on-charts/89100)

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**Author:** [@ayezioro](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/ayezioro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/colors-on-charts/89100 "2019-09-19T16:40:03Z")

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Hi, Is there a way to control the colors on the charts? Thanks, -A.

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## [Back to Life](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/back-to-life/76770)

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**Author:** [@DavidMans](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/DavidMans)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/back-to-life/76770 "2019-09-18T17:49:22Z")

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Aviary development has been on hold for a while. But, happy to say it has resumed. Testing out implementation of Mesh displacement driven by a bitmaps luminance values. Animation of adjusting the Jitter value.

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## [Aviary Install Error](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/aviary-install-error/83386)

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**Author:** [@cflynn29](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/cflynn29)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/aviary-install-error/83386 "2019-06-22T21:08:31Z")

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Hi, Having trouble with the install for Aviary. I downloaded it from food4rhino and created a separate sub-folder in my Libraries folder for Aviary but the following issue arises and i was wondering if there was a fix o…

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## [Shape Attributes for SVG](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/shape-attributes-for-svg/60964)

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**Author:** [@Step\_Maher](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Step_Maher)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/shape-attributes-for-svg/60964 "2018-04-19T19:20:58Z")

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I’m wondering how one controls object attributes (color, line weight, etc.) when writing SVGs. Is this the correct workflow? I haven’t sees any inputs or components for attributes. Thanks, /SPM

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## [Test aviary](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/test-aviary/57050)

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**Author:** [@BEMAD](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/BEMAD)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/test-aviary/57050 "2018-04-17T07:06:07Z")

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Here some comments on Aviary Dashboard Control. 1\> Toggle button is unreadable or really too small and doesn’t seems to react to “Size format” (4k screen) 2\> Dropdownlist show the selected item on the top of the list …