Save view-port in local path in grasshopper using a different display mode

nathanletwory · July 9, 2021, 1:43pm

Is this not the same as Question regarding rs.ViewDisplayMode and Is it possible to save rendered viewport image when current viewport is shaded? ?

Anyway, the way to go about this is to change the active viewport mode to what they want, capture it, then change back to whatever the display mode was.

Here a Python example to capture the active view

github.com

mcneel/rhino-developer-samples/blob/3179a8386a64602ee670cc832c77c561d1b0944b/rhinopython/SampleViewCaptureToFile.py

################################################################################
# SampleViewCaptureToFile.py
# Copyright (c) 2018 Robert McNeel & Associates.
# See License.md in the root of this repository for details.
################################################################################
import System
import Rhino
import scriptcontext as sc

# Demonstrates how to capture a view to a bitmap
def SampleViewCaptureToFile():
    view = sc.doc.Views.ActiveView;
    if view:
        view_capture = Rhino.Display.ViewCapture()
        view_capture.Width = view.ActiveViewport.Size.Width
        view_capture.Height = view.ActiveViewport.Size.Height
        view_capture.ScaleScreenItems = False
        view_capture.DrawAxes = False
        view_capture.DrawGrid = False
        view_capture.DrawGridAxes = False

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And to get a specific DisplayMode you can use

display_mode = Rhino.Display.DisplayModeDescription.FindByName("Wireframe")

and then set the view to use that with something along the lines of:

view = sc.doc.Views.ActiveView
view.ActiveViewport.DisplayMode = display_mode