GHPython script for ViewCapture causing problems

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Permalink Reply by Anders Holden Deleuran on December 11, 2015 at 7:58am

If you're using a Button to trigger the capture this is likely the culprit. Try with a Boolean Toggle to check. Not exactly a good solution, but it should do the trick.

Permalink Reply by Max Marschall on December 14, 2015 at 2:26pm

Yes that works, thanks!

Permalink Reply by Max Marschall on January 26, 2016 at 8:02am

Ok another question...The view capture doesn't work if the file path has a space in it, e.g. "C:\Users\Max Marschall\Desktop\".

If I manually type "-_ViewCaptureToFile" in the command line, hit enter, and then copy-paste "C:\Users\Max Marschall\Desktop\test.jpg", it works. However, if I start typing that path, the moment I get to the space Rhino thinks I want to end the path name at that point, which is precisely what is happening in my script.

How do I make Rhino read the space as an actual character? Also, is there a better way to script a view capture, maybe using RhinoCommon instead of the macro?

Cheers,

Max

Permalink Reply by Anders Holden Deleuran on January 26, 2016 at 8:09am

You can define a string inside another string using single AND double-quotations like so:

'"C:\Users\Max Marschall\Desktop\"'

That should work. There are also functions to check/format path names in the os module.

All that said, try out the latest version which uses RhinoCommon directly. That'll probably alleviate this issue as well I imagine (see attached).

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Permalink Reply by Max Marschall on January 26, 2016 at 9:48am

That works perfectly! Thanks again.