Cloud Display for Cluster v0.gh (126.7 KB)
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I like to use the Cloud Display inside cluster with the Preview Contents enabled.
The problem is, the cluster shows the Cloud Display along with the points.
The gray dots in the whites, I like them to hide.
In contrary, if you use Cloud Display outside of cluster, there will be no issue.
I can use the Custom Preview, but that is too costly.
Comparison of Inside and Outside of cluster
Hi @Quan_Li ,
I can’t repeat this on my end. I’m on 8.12 build, have you upgraded and tested recently?
inside/outside and even nesting the cluster yields the same results for me (the right snip you share)
Thanks!
See this screen record, if I step out of the cluster the points are displayed differently, they have small dots inside .
Now I am using SR12 on Windows 10.
I think the issue here is that Cluster Output components aren’t drawn/do not have preview. So one will need to not output them, if they aren’t to be drawn outside of the cluster:
Yes, I thought so. I guess that is not something expected, maybe a bug.
While clusters can indeed behave a bit odd/unexpected, this feels more like an inherent logic issue (i.e. you are drawing something inside the cluster that is to also be drawn outside, but also outputting geometry from the cluster, which is drawn on top of the thing being drawn inside it 
).
Do you need to output the the “Found” and “Others”?
If not, you can nest the logic of the points inside another cluster, turn the preview off on that, and then leave the preview on with the CloudDisplay component:
If you add Cluster Outputs for Found and Others then it will preview the points as well…
Yes, I need to output the points.
The purpose of placing that component inside the cluster is to intuitively distinguish between Group A points and Group B points at a glance.
When the number of points is large, the Cloud Display is beneficial due to its speed.
I found that another component, DotDisplay, is also good for this purpose, but it only displays points in blue. I don’t understand why we should limit the DotDisplay to blue. Is it possible to add a color option to the DotDisplay? @DanielPiker
You can use Symbol Display with style Circle (closed), and set custom inner/outline colours, size etc
Cloud Display for Cluster v1.gh (126.4 KB)
Thanks! It works!
