/// <summary>
/// Creates the panel with the signal name and connects it to the input parameter
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text"> The signal name. </param>
private void CreatePanel(string text)
{
// Create a panel
Grasshopper.Kernel.Special.GH_Panel panel = new Grasshopper.Kernel.Special.GH_Panel();
// Set the text with the signal name
panel.SetUserText(text);
// Change the color of the panel
panel.Properties.Colour = System.Drawing.Color.White;
// Get the current active canvas / document
GH_Document doc = Grasshopper.Instances.ActiveCanvas.Document;
// Add the panel to the active canvas
doc.AddObject(panel, false);
// Change the size of the panel
panel.Attributes.Bounds = new System.Drawing.RectangleF(0.0f, 0.0f, 80.0f, 25.0f);
// Set the location of the panel (relative to the location of the input parameter)
panel.Attributes.Pivot = new System.Drawing.PointF(
(float)this.Attributes.DocObject.Attributes.Bounds.Left - panel.Attributes.Bounds.Width - 30,
(float)this.Params.Input[1].Attributes.Bounds.Y - 2);
// Connect the panel to the input parameter
Params.Input[1].AddSource(panel);
}
// This is the method that actually does the work.
protected override void SolveInstance(IGH_DataAccess DA)
{
IGH_Component Component = this;
GH_Document GrasshopperDocument = this.OnPingDocument();
// Creating input parameters
List <string> data = new List <string>();
string groupName = "";
bool trigger = false;
object template = null;
// Getting the data from Grasshopper
DA.GetDataList <string>(0, data);
DA.GetData <string>(1, ref groupName);
DA.GetData <object>(2, ref template);
DA.GetData <bool>(3, ref trigger);
// If the botton is pressed it will proceed
if (!trigger)
{
return;
}
// Detecting the the source parameter for the templateInput
Grasshopper.Kernel.IGH_Param templateInput = Component.Params.Input[2];
IList <Grasshopper.Kernel.IGH_Param> sources = templateInput.Sources;
if (!sources.Any())
{
return;
}
IGH_DocumentObject templateComp = sources[0].Attributes.GetTopLevel.DocObject;
// Gets component attributes like the bounds of the Panel which is used to shift
//the next one and get the size of the panels
IGH_Attributes att = templateComp.Attributes;
RectangleF bounds = att.Bounds;
int vShift = (int)Math.Round(bounds.Height) + 10;
float refX = bounds.X;
float refY = bounds.Y + 30 + vShift;
// Creating a Grasshopper Group g and assignning a nickname and color to it.
//Adding group g to the GrasshopperDocument
Grasshopper.Kernel.Special.GH_Group g = new Grasshopper.Kernel.Special.GH_Group();
g.NickName = groupName;
g.Colour = Grasshopper.GUI.Canvas.GH_Skin.group_back;
GrasshopperDocument.AddObject(g, false);
List <IGH_Component> components = new List <IGH_Component>();
// For-loop used to create panels and assign properties to it (size, datalist...)
int nbCopy = data.Count;
for (int i = 0; i < nbCopy; i++)
{
Grasshopper.Kernel.Special.GH_Panel panel = new Grasshopper.Kernel.Special.GH_Panel();
panel.CreateAttributes();
panel.SetUserText(data[i]);
panel.Attributes.Bounds = bounds;
panel.Attributes.Pivot = new PointF(refX, refY + i * vShift);
GrasshopperDocument.AddObject(panel, false);
g.AddObject(panel.InstanceGuid);
}
GrasshopperDocument.DeselectAll();
}