How to store plugin config data

david.birch.uk · January 14, 2021, 8:17am

I have just successfully followed your guide to storing plugin data in Rhino documents.
I have however some global plugin data that applies to the plugin itself and not to a document. Think of the user changing the defaults settings for a command or something.

I am wondering if Rhino provides a mechanism to store plugin configuration data?

I can rig something custom but wondered if I’ve missed the official Rhino way of doing this?

nathanletwory · January 14, 2021, 8:30am

If you’re using RhinoCommon to develop your plug-in you can use

Here is an example of how I use it in RhinoCycles (Raytraced)

github.com

mcneel/RhinoCycles/blob/rhino-7.x/Settings/ApplicationAndDocumentSettings.cs#L267


		public virtual bool Verbose
		{
			get { return RcPlugIn.Settings.GetBool(SettingNames.Verbose, DefaultEngineSettings.Verbose); }
			set { RcPlugIn.Settings.SetBool(SettingNames.Verbose, value); }
		}
		/// <summary>
		/// Set to true to show the maximum passes count in the HUD, i.e. 48/100. For
		/// false it would show just 48.
		/// </summary>
		public virtual bool ShowMaxPasses
		{
			get { return RcPlugIn.Settings.GetBool(SettingNames.MaxPasses, DefaultEngineSettings.ShowMaxPasses); }
			set { RcPlugIn.Settings.SetBool(SettingNames.MaxPasses, value); }
		}
		public virtual float SpotLightFactor
		{
			get { return (float)RcPlugIn.Settings.GetDouble(SettingNames.SpotLightFactor, DefaultEngineSettings.SpotLightFactor); }
			set { RcPlugIn.Settings.SetDouble(SettingNames.SpotLightFactor, value); }
		}

david.birch.uk · January 14, 2021, 8:33am

Thanks Nathan, that’s really helpful! I’d missed that