Cycles Raytraced mode support request for GH Slider Animations

Grasshopper Developer
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This would be an awesome feature to test in Rhino 8 WIP.

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this feature can be achieved on 7

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It seems to work for render mode, but not for ray-trace mode.
My title was a bit vague, it should have clarified ray-trace mode (added it to the title).
If the ray-trace mode works, I must be missing something, That would be good :slight_smile:
I’m using 7 and 8wip

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            // Capture view.
            var cycles = myView.RealtimeDisplayMode;
            var oldpasses = cycles.MaxPasses;
            cycles.PostEffectsOn = true;
            cycles.MaxPasses = 2;
            cycles.Paused = true;

            var viewCapture = new Rhino.Display.ViewCapture();
            viewCapture.Width = imageWidth;
            viewCapture.Height = imageHeight;
            viewCapture.ScaleScreenItems = false;
            viewCapture.DrawAxes = false;
            viewCapture.DrawGrid = false;
            viewCapture.DrawGridAxes = false;
            viewCapture.TransparentBackground = transBG_ON;
            viewCapture.RealtimeRenderPasses = 10;

            var bitmap = viewCapture.CaptureToBitmap(myView);

            // Save image.
            string filename;
            List<string> images = new List<string>();
            if (!saveSeries_ON)
            {
                filename = string.Format("{0}_{1}.png", fullPath, "Capture");
                bitmap.Save(filename, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
                images.Add(filename);
            }
            else
            {
                // Assume index=0 for the first filename.
                filename = string.Format("{0}_0.png", fullPath);
                images.Add(filename);
                // Try to increment the index until we find a name which doesn't exist yet.
                if (System.IO.File.Exists(filename))
                {
                    for (int i = 1; i < int.MaxValue; i++)
                    {
                        string localName = string.Format("{0}_{1}.png", fullPath, i.ToString());
                        images.Add(localName);

                        if (localName == filename)
                            return;

                        if (!System.IO.File.Exists(localName))
                        {
                            filename = localName;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }
                bitmap.Save(filename, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
            }
            bitmap.Dispose();
            cycles.MaxPasses = oldpasses;
            cycles.Paused = false;

            DA.SetDataList(0, images);

try this code, I copied from my plugin. it works in c# component, but need some modification.

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Set viewCapture.RealtimeRenderPasses to a higher number to get better converged results.

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@nathanletwory Something that could be considered for the Rhino 8 WIP Slider Animation feature with the added parameter for viewCapture.RealtimeRenderPasses or inherent that from the render setting? Based on the @zhuangjia777 C# example it may be that most of the elements are there to connect to the slider animation feature. Quite a big functionality gain based on the cycles integration.

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This is already logged as RH-64509 Grasshopper animation should support Raytraced.

I’ve added this topic to the issue.

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How can I get the viewcaptured PNG by using the code?
I inserted into GH python, but I’m having a trouble of animating it.
Where should I connect the animate slider?

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Any chance to nudge this topic along in the WIP version?

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Not yet, other things on my list still that are higher priority :slight_smile:

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Is this still on the radar?

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Could the set NumberOfPassesForRealtimeDisplay parameter be used? The same as for record animation?

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On the very edge of my radar, not any time soon. You could still try the approach Cycles Raytraced mode support request for GH Slider Animations - #4 by zhuangjia777 by @zhuangjia777 .

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Could someone show me how to stick the @zhuangjia777 code in a GH component?

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Resolved

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I am struggling to implement @zhuangjia777 code as well. I don’t have any c# experience, would you care to share how you resolved this? It would be greatly appreciated.

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captureViews.gh (8.4 KB)Here you are

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Sorry for the late reply. Thank you!

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is this feature still planned?

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Currently set to Future, no clear vision on when this would be worked on.