Kangaroo component

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Comment by taz on March 28, 2010 at 7:23pm

You could extract groups of input parameters as separate components, just like David added [Loft Options] for tweaking [Loft].

Just my $0.02

Comment by Mårten Nettelbladt on March 28, 2010 at 3:00pm

That looks very nice Daniel! Can't wait to try it out!
Just one minor thing:
Some of the short words in the left column end up a long way from their grips, which may cause confusion, especially in such a long list. Is it possible to try to align them with the left side of the component? I know the standard components in GH use a centred column so it may not be an option.
Thanks!

Comment by Daniel Piker on March 28, 2010 at 12:54pm

Ben - Yeah it's a bit complex looking I know.
One way forward would be to make it a direct Rhino plugin instead, and set properties for objects (like spring stiffness etc) through that, just like you do with a renderer. Though I'm finding that having all the inputs Grasshopper controlled gives a lot of flexibility.

As I said, most of those settings you won't need to touch most of the time. One solution might be if there was an option to hide or dock some of the inputs when they are not needed.
I am also looking at a way of consolidating all the Power Law and Spring settings into a single string input (that would also allow users to use custom expressions for force laws).
And yes, a good help document would be good and helpful!

Comment by Carlo Beltracchi on March 28, 2010 at 8:56am

Thank you Daniel, It's very usefull to see how kangaroo will appear!

Comment by Daniel Piker on March 28, 2010 at 8:12am

This is the video produced using the above definition.

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Comment by Ben Sitler on March 28, 2010 at 8:11am

Wow, that looks really complex. Daniel, when you release kangaroo will it have a cleaner GUi or perhaps a good help document?