Casting of Rhino objects in GH 7+

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Hi,

I started transitioning some of my v6 scripts to v7 and noticed, that Grasshopper now expects direct casts to GH_* objects. Is this expected behavior?

This used to work in v6, but is broken in v7

        protected override void RegisterInputParams(GH_Component.GH_InputParamManager pManager)
        {
            pManager.AddCurveParameter("proposed", "proposed", "", GH_ParamAccess.item);
        }

        protected override void SolveInstance(IGH_DataAccess DA)
        {
            Curve proposed;
            DA.GetData(0, ref proposed);
            
            Point3d start = proposed.PointAtStart;
        }

Is it necessary to now cast all Rhino objects to their GH_* counterparts?

        protected override void SolveInstance(IGH_DataAccess DA)
        {
            GH_Curve proposed;
            DA.GetData(0, ref proposed);

            Point3d start = proposed.Value.PointAtStart;
        }

Is there an article describing similar breaking changes between v6 and v7 which I could get familiar with?

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No.

What error do you have that using that fixes it?

3

In v6.35.21222.17001 everything works fine.
Switching to 7.4.21078.1000 (or lower) results in the following error message:

Invalid cast: Curve » Curve

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If I explicitly cast to GH_Curve as shown above, everything works fine hence my question whether this is expected behavior.

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If it were as you say, the message would be Invalid cast: Curve » GH_Curve.

It seems to be a versioning problem. The input curve is using one version of Rhinocommon and the GH_Curve type needs another version of Rhinocommon. Check that you are referencing the correct version in your plugin and try with a new curve.

5

Thanks, upgrading to 7.10.21256.17000 fixed the issue. My Rhino had the newest update, but I wanted the plugin to stay below 7.5, which requires .NET 4.8 as opposed to 4.5 required by earlier versions.

Anyway, it seems, that it is a breaking change after all - plugins targeting Rhinocommon 6.* work without issues, while 7.0-7.4 break here.

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Hi @Dani_Abalde

this seems the exact problem I am encountering^, which is slightly embarrassing, as I released the plug in yesterday…

how would I check and fix that .Net version problem in VS?

thanks in advance

Ben

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@benedict, in the NuGet package manager, make sure, that you are either targeting a 6.X or a 7.5+ version of Rhinocommon

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Remove Rhinocommon.dll from references and get it back the proper version using NuGet.

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thank you both