my series of small random questions

Hi all !

i will use this thread to put short questions that require a simple answer.

OPEN QUESTIONS: none atm

i will check on this forum , on google and the Grasshopper primer before posting.
if you have the time, please do answer, i really appreciate the input!

here we go:

1. can i pick the widgets that load at startup?

2. on the Random Component, what does the "seed of random engine" input value refer to?

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 9, 2010 at 1:24pm

Hi Andrei,

1. Widgets should remember their hide/show status. Except I've disabled the Profiler widget from showing up automatically in all cases now.

2. Random generators in computers are not truly random (this is actually impossible in a deterministic machine as far as I know), they generate the same pseudo random sequence over and over again. By changing the seed value, you can have it output a different pseudo random sequence.

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David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Andrei Raducanu on January 9, 2010 at 1:27pm

thanks, david!

i actually wanted the profiler to load automatically : )

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 9, 2010 at 1:36pm

Hah, figures.

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David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Andrei Raducanu on January 10, 2010 at 12:21pm

3. can i cancel the GH process? say i accidentally make a wrong connection that really takes up time to process, can i somehow cancel the process?

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 10, 2010 at 1:02pm

No, not yet. I did build in some abortion routines, but at present they are only called between components, and most of the time is usually spend in a single component, so they are pretty much useless.

I need to add more abortion checks and a method of keeping an eye on the escape key (or some other button somewhere) while the solution is being processed.

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David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Tudor Cosmatu on January 30, 2010 at 6:28pm