Grasshopper - multiple colors

Grasshopper
1

Hi all,

I try to apply a material to several objects, but trying to change the color for every object using a gradient. I cannot get it to work, only one material is applied to the custom preview… Any ideas?
Script_Colors.gh (13.9 KB)

Thanks!

2

I don’t know what happens in the parakeet component but without it it seems to work fine:

image
image1709×914 141 KB

colors.gh (12 KB)

3

Thanks!

Indeed, but I would like to use the texture feature…Is there a workaround to create a material with a texture using other components?

4

So your goal is to use the gradient colors in combination with a texture?

5

Indeed. I should have been more clear about that, sorry.

Goal is to have (bake) many objects with a certain texture and variations in colour.
Within Rhino I can do this by adding a texture and decreasing the transparency. Not ideal either, but it works.

I wonder if I can get this to work within GH (I forgot about the transparency thing, to be honest…)

6

In Rhino 8 it should be possible by baking the objects with material set to object and then add the texture in Rhino to all of the baked materials.

image
image2149×589 103 KB

image
image1920×1156 57.4 KB

colors.gh (12.5 KB)

boxes_with_texture.3dm (1.6 MB)

7

Thanks a lot!

I haven’t made the switch yet…Should look into it, but making the switch probably takes some time (reinstall plugins etc)

1 Like
8

Ok, setting up v8 worked very well. It works, though still need to set textures manually (not a lot of work, when selecting all materials together). It doesn’t work with substance materials though (can’t have it all). Would be nice to have a texture component in GH.