Grasshopper

algorithmic modeling for Rhino

feature request - 2d HUD overlay and inkmode/better display of coplanar and transparent surfaces

The requests I'm making may be sort of tangential to what GH is really used for but I have come into a scenario where I wish the software had some functionality I am not seeing.

 

One - a HUD display feature (see attached image) that would overlay most likely textual information in a 2d overlay that would not change, regardless of what was happening in terms of the 3d viewpoint in the display window. I suppose one could arrange this with side by side view ports, one a perspective window showing the geometry and the other, one for statistical information. But it would be really great if it were possible to overlay the two.

 

 

Two - I have always been both grateful and annoyed with the way coplanar surfaces are rendered - they reveal themselves, which is useful in many cases but also create a distraction, a problem in others. I am working on some solar analysis and I would like to see shadows that lay one atop the other NOT have the noise associated with the display of coplanars and EVEN BETTER would be if you could have "ink modes' as in adobe suite's ability to control additive display of colours...I dont know if that makes sense...

 

if anyone has any suggestions about interim solutions, I would appreciate hearing them!

 

thanks so much

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on July 12, 2011 at 10:36am

Hi Gabriel,

 

as for the HUD wish, you want something like TextTags but be able to define them in viewport screen coordinates instead of world coordinates?

 

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on July 12, 2011 at 10:44am
@David, sounds good!
Permalink Reply by Gabriel on July 12, 2011 at 11:32am
Exactly
Permalink Reply by Philipp on July 12, 2011 at 1:19pm

yes, sounds really amazing - was dreaming about it for a while.

it will be even cooler to have a possibility to render some 2d graphics also (gradient legends vor example)

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on July 12, 2011 at 10:40am

Hi Gabriel,

 

If you download the Horster plug-in from here http://www.food4rhino.com/project/horstercamcontrol

you can get access to some active viewport information and then create some planes to put 3d text tags on.

Note it uses the time to continually update, if it doesn't work as expected you might need to unblock the timer. 

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Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on July 12, 2011 at 11:00am

Here's more for Placement:

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Permalink Reply by Gabriel on July 12, 2011 at 11:34am
Thanks! Looks perfect.
Permalink Reply by Gabriel on July 12, 2011 at 12:17pm

how are these planar surfaces blending together without "noise":

 

 

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on July 12, 2011 at 1:03pm

I would say there is a transparency to the material

Permalink Reply by Gabriel on July 12, 2011 at 1:32pm
yeah, you would think it's as easy as that. I get a sort of flickr and unevenness. Mind you in a straight up top view it looks fine...
Permalink Reply by Pieter Segeren on July 12, 2011 at 2:17pm
Hi Gabriel, have you seen "analisyskey" by LMNts/scrawford ?

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