Here is my issue: I have a plugin which has 3 commands in it. Each command needs 7 or 8 inputs data, all the data are number or string. After accepting the dialog data, user will have to select a brep & other edges on the brep. Now my question is how to make the input procedure more user friendly. If I ask user to type each data or hit return to accept a default, then user will have to hit return many times. Another way is to create a input dialog which is what I did now, so every time user will have accept the dialog data or change it. But will the dialog-way affects the script running in rhino? say user records each steps to create a model, then run the script to automate the creation. Are there better way? is there a standard way in rhino to handle this scenario?
Hi,
You want to make a custom input with option values, that way user can click enter once, or update whatever setting he may want to update if needs changing.
The UI is fine, the way to do in “native” rhino without having any sort of UI would be to make the custom input.
Example :
import Rhino
import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
import Rhino.Geometry as rg
if __name__ == '__main__':
DrawSurfaces = True
cmd = Rhino.Input.Custom.GetObject()
cmd.SetCommandPrompt('Select the curves.')
cmd.GeometryFilter = Rhino.DocObjects.ObjectType.Curve
opDrawSurfaces = Rhino.Input.Custom.OptionToggle(DrawSurfaces, 'No', 'Yes')
cmd.AddOptionToggle('DrawSurfaces', opDrawSurfaces)
Done = False
while not Done:
result = cmd.GetMultiple(1, 0)
if result == Rhino.Input.GetResult.Option:
DrawSurfaces = opDrawSurfaces.CurrentValue
else: Done = True
print 'Draw Surfaces Option: ' + str(DrawSurfaces)
for obj in cmd.Objects():
print obj.ObjectId
Hi,
The way I do it is that I link a letter for each option
Let’s make a practical example
Script to draw circles with Radius input value.
The user can script “YourCommand R 150” if you have linked the letter R to the input options RADIUS.
I am sorry I didn’t make my issue clear. I want to know whether user can still create a rhino script with my plugin command if I use MFC dialog as input interface for users.
CRhinoCommand::result CCommandTestJohn::RunCommand(
const CRhinoCommandContext& context
)
{
CRhinoCommand::result rc = CRhinoCommand::success;
if (context.IsInteractive())
{
// TODO: Show MFC dialog interface here.
// Set value of rc
}
else
{
// TODO: Show command line interface here
// Probaby a CRhinoGetOption objects with an number of command line options.
// Set value of rc
}
if (rc == CRhinoCommand::success)
{
// TODO: continue picking Breps, edges, etc.
}
return CRhinoCommand::success;
}
