Automatically baking shaded grasshopper to pdf

[laurent_delrieu]

For what is worth I use RhinoCommon to export to pdf (line drawing), I generate all the drawing in a single PDF.
To draw bitmap
https://developer.rhino3d.com/api/RhinoCommon/html/M_Rhino_FileIO_FilePdf_DrawBitmap.htm
So you’ll have to find a way to place your object, set them to the good scale,
capture this image
https://developer.rhino3d.com/api/RhinoCommon/html/M_Rhino_Display_RhinoView_CaptureToBitmap_4.htm

here my script, I use also a lot Elefront.
04_to_pdf.gh (125.3 KB)

Some more explanation here

Low Table PatDef

Here some pictures of my last project. [IMG_6302_min] [IMG_6296_min] [IMG_6312_min] There will be 9 suction cups to maintian the 800 mm glass [render] The table is done with 235 (62 + 65 + 4*2) laser cutted 1 mm thick aluminium pieces. 65 pieces where painted in black. Non painted piece were engraved. The were cutted by “Le metalist” https://www.lemetalist.fr. Junction pieces were doubled to augment the rigidity. All pieces are hold together by 1981 (1945 + 36) 3.2 mm aluminium alumini…

Working also on an other project I ended using Tex in order to have a nice document with image not embedded inside, then I “bake” this Tex to PDF.