Accessing some display properties via macro/script (v5)

Scripting
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Hi All,

I am looking for a way to change AA settings and possibly Skylight on/off via macro or rhinoscript/python.
Any suggestions?

Thanks,

–jarek

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Hm, there was a TestSetAALevel command in the past which was replaced with a message box pointing to the OpenGL options page… and TestSkylight does bring up some cool command line options which all do not work. :frowning:

I see you’ve asked about the skylight some time ago, maybe @andy can point into the right direction how to do this via python. I’ve tried V6 but there i do not get any skylight shown, just some cloudy spots fixed to the screenplane.

c.

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Thanks Clement. Andy suggested Python but from my search I can’t see anything there, either (but I am not 100% sure where to look in RhinoCommon). The old test commands won’t cut it. I;m trying to be able to change these settings on-the-fly without a need to dig into menus and panels every single time.

–jarek

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Hi,

I second this question in 2021 with Rhino 7 where I´m trying to set up an environment for rendering with what should have been a very simple of macro. Can´t find the commands to set skylight on or set ambient light colour though (looks like I´ll be running into more missing commands). I´d welcome any help on this topic.

Thanks,
Andrew

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OK so the correct answer to this 5 year old qestion apperas to be the command _-DocumentProperties and subseqent commands. Silly me searched in all the other places.

Thanks and sorry for reviving if noone ever searches for this again.

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The sheer number of document properties has made command line scripting unwieldy. Your better off learning how to write scripts to automate these types of tasks.

– Dale