Hi, Is there any way in Rhino common to access the new Thickness settings found on some objects such as surfaces? As Shown below.. cheers! [Capture]

Hi @jeremy.graham86 , It turns out you can access RDK thickness values using RhinoObject.GetCustomRenderMeshParameter and RhinoObject.SetCustomRenderMeshParameter methods. For the providerId parameter, specify the Rhino.Render.CustomRenderMeshProvider.ThickeningId id. The applicable parameter name…

Hi @jeremy.graham86 , These data is provided by the RDK (Render Development Kit). @Andy , can this be access via RhinoCommon? – Dale

Thanks @dale ! @andy any help would be appreciated. Can I access this data via a standard C# plugin? Jeremy.

following, would the RDK help me solve the issue of accessing a mesh for edge count which is stuck internally right now @dale

[image] ChristopherBotha: would the RDK help me solve the issue of accessing a mesh for edge count Sorry, no. – Dale

That is perfect! Thank you Dale! Thought I looked everywhere for those methods but obviously not! Thanks again :slight_smile:

Hi, I’m sorry for bumping this since it’s already answered Though I’m wondering if there is a way to find the custom render mesh parameter names for all these settings (like displacement, edge softening, custom mesh modifier …) Thanks Alexandre Beaudet

@andy , is there a place where these key/values are documented?

Hi Dale, In Rhino 7, this piece of code can yield the correct results, but when using this code in Rhino 8, the variable “value” is returning a null value. Has the usage method in Rhino 8 changed? -Jorin

Hi @JorinChi , Can you share some simple code, that we can run here, that doesn’t work the way you expect? – Dale

Hi Dale, Here is the code: ObjRef objRef; RhinoGet.GetOneObject("Select a surface", false, ObjectType.Surface, out objRef); if (objRef is null) { return Result.Success; } var providerId = Rhino.Render.CustomRenderMeshProvider.ThickeningId; // The "value" variable gets null in Rhino 8, it gets …

Surface Thickness Settings

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RH-77191 is fixed in the latest BETA

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Surface Thickness Settings

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