@tom.norris23 wrote:
I believe grasshopper has become fundamental component of rhino. So integrating it tighter within rhino core in my opinion cannot be a bad thing.
As the title says I was wandering what peoples thoughts were on if the grasshopper window was available as rhino viewport.
I am particular thinking of RhinoforMacWIP where grasshopper is pre loaded into rhino so it’s not a case of adding bloatware to users who would not use it. That said I would also like an option for this in the windows version too.
The driver behind the request are:
Switching between windows is time just time wasted. On both windows and mac there is a point where you have built your GH script and are testing it in rhino, and you are constantly flicking between the two especially when there are lots of rhino geometry as inputs. I find myself constantly resizing and moving the GH window around to better see rhino underneath and almost always end up just minimising and maximising the GH window, which I find cumbersome. Having GH as a viewport option would allow seamless side by side editing in both GH and rhino.
I would posture most rhino for mac users are on an iMac or Mac book where there are principally using a single screen. Multiple monitors solves the windowing workflow but that is not an option for all users and is kind of, for better or worse, against the Apple’s ethos of less is more.
I am not suggesting that we remove the window option, I absolutely think that has its place, but would like to see an additional option to be added under(not in) SetView on the VP tab, along the lines of "Set Viewport to GH Canvas.
Decisions would have to be made on how to implement the GH Toolbars UI:
- Would you put the UI in the viewport
- Or change the rhino toolbars to GH toolbars when the Viewport is focused
- Or just have the VP as the GH canvas for adjusting components, retaining double click written commands, but not show any GH UI
Now I am sure this would require a fair amount of code changes so it is in the “Would be nice but not life changing so not worth the dev resource” bracket, but I thought I would share it as an idea?
Any Input or comments would be welcome!
Thanks
Tom
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