ViewCapture to File using Python Grasshopper

jia.yeap · January 21, 2020, 1:41am

Hi,
I am trying to launch _ViewCaptureToFile through python grasshopper with settings below. (Reference Link:Batch -ViewCapturetoFile - Rhino + Python Novice)

Is that possible?

dale · January 21, 2020, 1:44am

Hi @jia.yeap,

With a C# or Python component, you can use the ViewCapture class.

Here is a sample Python sample.

github.com

mcneel/rhino-developer-samples/blob/6/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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– Dale

jia.yeap · January 21, 2020, 2:06am

Great input, Dale:

Where can i include the scale value as shown in the image above?

The code output is :

There are points and annotations that user can zoom in to read when needed. So, the quality needs to be high resolution.

dale · January 21, 2020, 4:30pm

Just scale the ViewCapture.Width and Viewcapture.Height values.

– Dale

mondoleo · May 15, 2024, 9:59am

This was a great help; thank you!

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