Request: Add output to vector display

The attached gh file doesn't do anything but try to show what I'm requesting.

I often build "matching" outputs into a tree so that I can cycle through the items in that tree and visually see that everything is matching to each relative item and that I haven't made a mistake somewhere.

Sometimes the matching item is a vector, but I can't pull the output from the vector display component into another component.

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vector-display-request.gh, 9 KB

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on March 2, 2014 at 2:16pm

Hi Norm,

there is no datatype in Grasshopper that can handle displayable vectors. The display is handled entirely inside the component. I'm afraid your only option for the foreseeable future is to create line segments using [Line SDL]. You won't get arrowheads but you will at least get cycleable visible vector shafts.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Permalink Reply by Norm Sash on March 2, 2014 at 2:20pm

Ok, thanks David. I was hoping that there was a way to do this in the component (or future component.) Like you said, there's no arrow heads with SDL and it's just adding another component to the model.

But, it is what it is so a line is what I'll use. Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Norm Sash on March 2, 2014 at 5:01pm

Here's my quick and dirty hack... I see I didn't connect the scaling input... that would allow scaling the head relative to the length of the vector.

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