How to achieve similar object preview as Grasshopper

I am writing a rhino plugin (in c#) that will be used as a mock up for a future web interface.

In this plugin I am creating a parametric object that can be influenced with rather easy scrollbars in a RhinoTab.

What I would like to achieve is to create a preview of the final object in a similar way as Grasshopper does.

An object that is not in a layer, not clickable, selectable and so on.

I can imagine a workaround in which I set te object to a layer, and lock this layer. But I doubt that this is what Grasshopper does.

If anyone has a clue I would appreciate the help.

Greetings, Jesse

Permalink Reply by Jesse Kirschner on September 12, 2014 at 5:43am

think I found the answer, is it the conduit pipeline?

Permalink Reply by Giulio Piacentino on September 12, 2014 at 7:09am

Hi Jesse

you are correct. Here is an introduction.

I hope this helps,

Giulio
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Giulio Piacentino
for Robert McNeel & Associates
giulio@mcneel.com

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on September 12, 2014 at 2:53pm

Simple stuff can be drawn using a CustomDisplay class, if you want more advanced stuff then handling the pipeline events is indeed the best way.

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