Display of "panel like" port in rhino viewport

I'm trying to display some descriptive text and parameter data that I've accumulated from various components of my design. I think I can build the narrative using some components like merge or entwine, and put that into a gh panel component; something like a narrative explanation like...

"This drawing is generated from the following assumptions:
L = 36

W = 33

gen = 9

This is a non-symmetrical result."

I would then like to have that text put into a panel like box and displayed on the rhino viewport. Is there a way to do this?

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Heumann on July 11, 2014 at 3:22pm

You might look into the "Heads up display" components from the Human plug-in - see this link http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/heads-up-display-with-human

and the associated GH file.

Permalink Reply by Norm Sash on July 11, 2014 at 7:04pm

Awesome. Thanks Andrew. I had started parsing through Human but just wasn't sure if it could do what I needed. I've installed it and find some really nice components in Human that I know are going to make things easier for me.

But what I can't find is a way to display text in a "container" like the text in a gh panel would be displayed. e.g. Wrapping, within a defined area. I'm sure there could be more ellegant solutions, but I'm wondering if there is a way to take a gh panel and mirror that onto the rhino display port at a specific location. That way I could feed into the panel (or type into the panel) what I want and just have it mirrored to the display port. If I change the size or content of the panel that would just reflect in rhino.

Thoughts, solutions, alternatives for that?

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