Command with a variable

Rhino Developer
1

Hello,

I’ve been wondering if it is possible for a command that comes from a plugin to give a variable.

Example:

I want to create 3 buttons with a command: sum(1) , sum(2) and sum(3)
What it has to do is do a messagebox with the input of the variable.

Sum(1) result = 11
Sum(2) result = 22
Sum(3) result = 33

I want to do this because I want to make almost 3 the same commands but a variable that changes everything.
is this possible?

Cheers,

Jordy

2

I don’t understand your question. You typically use things like GetNumber to get numerical input from the user for 1,2,3. I don’t think I’m adding much to this conversation, could you elaborate a little on what you are trying to do?

3

I got a command thats almost exactly the same (3x or more).
I dont want to make 3 or more commands for this and want to combine them.
So I want to make an If statement in my command that responds on what I put in rhino after my command like
Milling(slow).

Because I filled in slow the command knows what dpj it should load.
The If statements responds on slow, medium, fast with 3 different dpj’s. The only difference is the name of the dpj file.

What I’m doing now is at my current command use:

 Dim gs As New Rhino.Input.Custom.GetString()
            gs.SetCommandPrompt("Speed (soft, medium, hard):")
            gs.AcceptNothing(False)
            gs.[Get]()
            If gs.CommandResult() <> Rhino.Commands.Result.Success Then
                Return gs.CommandResult()
            End If

            Dim resultaat = gs.StringResult.Trim

and the button command I’m using is Speed slow Is there a better way to do this?

4

There are two different ways that I would recommend you could approach this; three different command classes with a common abstract base class or using a GetOption and filtering on the selection.

Approach 1 - Three command classes
You could create a common abstract base class that looks something like

Public MustInherit Class CommonBaseCommand
    Inherits Command
    
    Protected Function RunCommonCommand(which as Integer, doc As RhinoDoc, mode As RunMode) As Result
        RhinoApp.WriteLine(which.ToString())
        Return Result.Success
    End Function
End Class


Public Class MyCommand1
    Inherits CommonBaseCommand
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property EnglishName() As String
      Get
        Return "MyCommand1"
      End Get
    End Property

    Protected Overrides Function RunCommand(doc As RhinoDoc, mode As RunMode) As Result
        Return RunCommonCommand( 1, doc, mode )
    End Function
End Class

Public Class MyCommand2
    Inherits CommonBaseCommand
    Public Overrides ReadOnly Property EnglishName() As String
      Get
        Return "MyCommand2"
      End Get
    End Property

    Protected Overrides Function RunCommand(doc As RhinoDoc, mode As RunMode) As Result
        Return RunCommonCommand( 2, doc, mode )
    End Function
End Class

Your concrete command classes call the common base class with a different value for “which”

Approach 2 - Use GetOption
This is similar to your GetString approach, but slightly better in that you don’t have to do things like check for correct spelling and the options automatically get set up to work like other commands in Rhino.

    'Inside RunCommand
    Dim go As New Rhino.Input.Custom.GetOption()
    go.SetCommandPrompt("Speed")
    Dim soft_option As Integer = go.AddOption("Soft")
    Dim medium_option As Integer = go.AddOption("Medium")
    Dim hard_option As Integer = go.AddOption("Hard")
    go.SetCommandPromptDefault("Soft")
    Dim get_result As GetResult = go.Get()
    If (go.CommandResult() <> Result.Success) Then
        Return go.CommandResult()
    End If
    Dim which = 1 '2=med, 3=hard
    If (get_result = GetResult.Option) Then
        If (go.Option().Index = medium_option) Then
            which = 2
        ElseIf (go.Option().Index = hard_option) Then
            which = 3
        End If
    End If
  
    'do what is appropriate given the input