😎 Sunglasses | GH plugin to display object names

[Czaja (Jakub Czajczynski)]

@osuire

The way I work around the issue right now is by “Grouping” the component and giving a name to the group, which is pretty yucky.

Icons make you see without looking and I can’t imagine using GH without icons. I was also doing this trick with grouping components and naming the group which worked ok, but now it is reserved only for the very important inputs.
In the past, I was using Bifocals (thank you too) , but this plugin took it to the next level. @Dani_Abalde your plugin is extremely helpful and I am not going anywhere without the Sunglasses anymore.
Thank you very much.

[michaldengusiak]

Hi,

I manage to clone from Github and rebuild 2.4.1.0, I set up folder in GH library copied all 3 files and all works fine…
thanks
tested on both Rhino 6, Rhino 7 and Rhino.Inside Revit - APPROVED

[michaldengusiak]

please change your settings here @seltzdesign it is already included

[Dani_Abalde]

@michaldengusiak

clone from Github

Please note that Sunglasses is copyleft licensed, if you distribute your version you have to publish your code. If you only use it for yourself, that’s fine. But I don’t understand why you did it, what have you changed? If you wanted to contribute, you should make a fork and ask for a pull request.

@michaldengusiak

rebuild 2.4.1.0

what’s that? Current version is 1.2.0.

@michaldengusiak

3 files

which three files?

[michaldengusiak]

I just clone your repo, rebuild code and use file… when I use GHA file from release it did not work for me… I did not modify anything… yes I would create PR if I make any change…
when I rebuild I copied all 3 files…

I was referring to this version… I could not fine reference to 1.2.0 where should I look?

[Dani_Abalde]

@michaldengusiak

I just clone your repo, rebuild code and use file… when I use GHA file from release it did not work for me… I did not modify anythin

Well, you don’t need to do that to install it, just download from here or here and install it as any other .gha. You just need to compile the plugin if you change the source code.

You only need the .gha file, the .dll and .pdb are ignored by Grasshopper.

@michaldengusiak

I was referring to this version… I could not fine reference to 1.2.0 where should I look?

Pancake and Sunglasses are different plugins, should not have any relationship. Why did you think it belonged to Pancake?

[michaldengusiak]

yes it works with .GHA only…
sorry no idea why I mixed up with Pancake, please ignore

how we can check Sunglasses version ?

[Dani_Abalde]

@michaldengusiak

how we can check Sunglasses version ?

One of these days I will correct what was mentioned in the previous comments and also add the version to the filename and/or maybe from the UI.

[osuire]

@seltzdesign

@Dani_Abalde one small thing I noticed is that the option “Display custom nicknames”, also then shows the names for groups, but those always already show their custom name:

Yes, small bug here : the names of the panels and the groups are shown although the “Special” and “Graphics” options are unchecked :

Also, I put the Telepathy components (Sender and receiver) in the exclusion list, but the names still show up :

[Dani_Abalde]

In fact the bug is that the Filter objects is not disabled when Display custom names, as it should, since Display custom nicknames has a different filtering. I’ll fix it some of these days.

Ignore GH_Group and GH_Panel when Display Custom nicknames

Properly disable Filter Objects when Display custom nicknames or merge algorithms

[osuire]

@Dani_Abalde

I’ll fix it some of these days.

OK, thanks !

[gankeyu (Keyu Gan)]

I fixed #7 & #9 issues, submit a pull request through GitHub resolving the following issues as well. You may merge my code into your main branch.

1. I believe there’re some logic issues regarding custom names.

   • Enable display nickname
   • Enable display custom names
   • Disable display nicknames
   • Although the “display custom nicknames” is deselected but Settings.DisplayCustomNicknames remains true.

2. I think Groups should be always excluded. When they have a custom nickname, regardless of settings, texts overlap; when they don’t, they just show “Group” which doesn’t quite provide information.

[Dani_Abalde]

Thank you @gankeyu! I’ll look at it this week.

[Dani_Abalde]

Update v1.3.0!

Sunglasses

This version fix some issues (many thanks for the help @gankeyu) and adds a new option “Big nicknames on groups”, to display the nickname of the groups when the zoom is too low.

[Czaja (Jakub Czajczynski)]

Hey @Dani_Abalde
There is one thing that I think would be a logical addition to your great plugin:

• List of components that are always displayed in “Short names” mode.
• per instance override of full/short name display?

I am using Icons & Nicknames at the same time and Full names.
The problem with using full names is that my definitions are way too spread out. The majority of components I could use with short names, but there are always some that I need to see with full names.

Would it be possible to add something like this?

[kotto_97 (Leonardo Gindri)]

@Czaja

The majority of components I could use with short names, but there are always some that I need to see with full names.

This implies that the plugin understand which are your most common components and the less common components. I think this could be hard, since this vary user by user…

But, not saying it’s a bad idea, it would be great a feature like that… maybe with the Markov widget??

[Czaja (Jakub Czajczynski)]

I didn’t mean anything that sophisticated, but it is indeed an interesting idea.
I would be satisfied with something identical as it is right now for displaying names.

[kotto_97 (Leonardo Gindri)]

@Czaja

but it is indeed an interesting idea

Indeed! would be nice something like this…

[michaldengusiak]

Hi,

I have Sunglasses in my Library folder and I can see it in Rhino 7 and is working perfectly, however when I open via Rhino.Inside Revit I can not see it…any idea or suggestion?

[kostaldeak]

I made what you wrote step by step, i was able to install it in Rhino 6, and now that i have the new Rhino 7 with licence commercial, it is impossible to install, i verify that it is unlock, i copy paste in the library of grasshopper folder, and i restartes rhino, and i can’t have it in Grashopper, i have a problem…