Functions I want

[ivelin.peychev]

@mikity_kogekoge

1. Replace
   Maybe it’s difficult when there are multiple inputs/outputs, but if you can replace a component with somethingelese by a single click, it’d save time a lot,

I asked about something similar, but as always, no example was given.

[Solved] GHPyhon access to Grasshopper.GUI

Is it possible to instantiate GHpython component and within it to manipulate how it looks graphically on Grasshopper canvas? For example with python script to access Grasshopper.GUI api and add a slider to the component or adding a button functionality

(post three is my idea behind this thread)

Only links and books I need at least an year to fully understand and apply. That’s for all my questions regarding customizing how components look.

Asking for customized look of GH components is a taboo around here.

@mikity_kogekoge

2. Go To
   Get a list of components that an input/ouput is connecting to by a right-click, then go to a view that have those connected components at the center.

Here’s another thread about what you talk about:

Advanced navigation inside GH canvas

Where can I see which functions (preferably IronPython/.net) drive the behavior of the JumpTo component: [2018-06-01%2012_17_49-Grasshopper%20-%20unnamed] Reason: Following this thread https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/button-and-context-menu-options-on-component-through-ghpython/54638 What is the possibility to create an entry on the drop-down context menu that will jump to the connected input/output component. This will be very useful when dealing with large GH scripts. Obviously users canno…

@mikity_kogekoge

CATIA is internally similar to GH

Not really, and it also depends which version of CATIA you’re talking about.

@mikity_kogekoge

any geometry is defined by input geometries + parameters and those geometries are fed to another geometry definition.

You can also create auxiliary geometries while creating auxiliary geometries to use as input for the actual geometry. Imagine a component that requires some input, but that input also requires some input and you just right click on the component and define them both. It’s like accessing the branch of the data tree right there in the component and edit it or create another branch.

@mikity_kogekoge

So, showing the graph structure is a big advantage that GH has

Pretty much everything you need is in the tree in the left side why do you need a graph to see it? This is not the advantage of GH over CATIA, since all you can do from that graph is look at it. It’s more of a disadvantage.

@Rickson

Gh/Rhino is levels above Catia.

I’d say their Pros and Cons negate each other to a certain extent with CATIA being left on top at the end. Again, depends on which version of CATIA. (this is only considering functionality not the price)