I’m trying to create a bulk renderer using Python on Rhino for Mac.
I set the view to rendered using -SetDisplayMode Viewport=Active Mode=Rendered _Enter which works.
I render the view to file using -ViewCaptureToFile "output.png" _Enter which also works…
But the rendered view isn’t in Rendered mode, it’s in whatever was previously chosen!
Here’s the full code, in case I’ve missed something obvious:
rs.Command('_SetDisplayMode _Viewport=_Active _Mode=_Rendered _Enter')
rs.Command('-ViewCaptureToFile "thumbnails/' + filename[0:-4] + '.png" Width=' + str(width) + ' Height=' + str(height) + ' TransparentBackground=Yes _Enter')
It’s possible that the viewport isn’t updated yet when you take the Capture so it will take the old DisplayMode.
Try a rs.Redraw() between the commands.
Cheers.
Hmm, didn’t seem to do it! I also tried a Python time.sleep(1) as a last-ditch attempt to give Rhino time to catch up, but no luck.
If I could save the render window, I’d just do that, but it doesn’t seem to be implemented for Mac yet.
Sorry to hear.@stevebaer knows whats happening?
No need to apologize - just hoping there’s a way that saves me manual rendering and saving
stevebaer
May 13, 2014, 3:28pm
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This doesn’t sound like a scripting issue and possibly a bug with ViewCaptureToFile. Am I confused?
Holo
May 13, 2014, 3:32pm
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If I recall correctly this was also once an issue with the PC V5 WIP.
FWIW, SaveRenderWindowAs comes up as “not implemented” on Mac.
Hi All - I am consistently having very similar issues with -ViewCaptureToFile.
Here is what is happening:
If I change views it will capture the previous view, not the new view.
If I select an object in the scene it will capture the new view - however, it will show the object highlighted even if it is no longer selected during the screen capture.
If I turn geometry on in a scene - it will omit that newly visible geometry.
Does anyone have a clue what is happening?
