Shadows On/Off

[ulrich.merz]

In my shapediver application, I want the user to be able to show or hide product dimensions.
I realized the dimensions with text tags and lines.
I don`t want the text and lines to cast shadows, is it possble to turn shadows off for selected geometry?

btw, I realized the “off state” by text size zero and line length zero, this is working yet not very elegant - is there a better way to hide or show geometry?

[pavol]

It is not possible to turn off shadows for individual objects.

You can switch objects on/off either with Grasshopper Stream Filter and Toggle components or with API, see posts below.

How to Show/Hide Context Geometry?

The best way to show and hide objects is with a stream filter using toggle instead of drop-down menu. Users can then simply switch objects on and off. [show plane]

Hide/Show objects

Hi @bodibodileg, since version 2.8.0 of the API you can hide and show objects. You can find the function in the documentation here. Basically, you need to give an array with scenePaths of objects you want to show and another array with scenePaths of objects you want to hide. The function will look like: api.scene.toggleGeometry([SHOW OBJECT PATHS],[HIDE OBJECTS PATHS]) For example: api.scene.toggleGeometry([],["CommPlugin_1.2b9804160ff9264ee6a031eaccedcbc8","CommPlugin_1.8d861a71a5925ea27d3c…

[ulrich.merz]

Thank you Pavol. Stream Filter works fine!