Is there a reference list somewhere for objects and functions specific to Rhino commands to use in the C# and VB scripted nodes? Particularly C# since there seem to be less examples available to search through.
Thanks. On Oct 17, 6:37 am, David Rutten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I beg to differ. Python is case sensitive and indentation sensitive. > Both of those can be extremely frustrating for beginners. > In addition, Python is running using the DLR, which means you're more > likely to get const exceptions if you don't know what you're doing. > Const exceptions will bring Rhino down. If you make such a mistake in > VB or C#, the code will simply fail to compile. > > The big advantage of using Python over VB is that it is not yet > possible to add custom functions/classes to VB. I plan to remedy this > pretty soon though. > > Rhino also has a much larger VB.NET developer base, and our Wiki > contains a lot of VB examples. > > As to where to go to learn... it's hard to say. When I need to learn > new stuff, I usually download example projects/tutorials from the web. > There's a number of large websites that have a lot of good example > code. You'll probably have to get Visual Studio to run these, but > MicroSoft has released free versions called Express. The thing to > realize, is that apart from a similar syntax, VB.NET really is nothing > like VBScript. Ifs and Loops will be similar, but the way variables > are used differs greatly, not to mention VB.NET is completely Object > Oriented. > > -- > David Rutten > Robert McNeel & Associates > > ps. VB code is compiled, not interpreted, so it actually runs quite a > bit faster as well. > > On Oct 17, 12:51 pm, Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Baldino > > > what about Python... > > it is not included yet, but will be very soon by the sound of things > > (is that right David?) > > and of the three, Python is the easiest to learn > > > Patrick > > > On Oct 17, 5:34 pm, baldino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > hi, > > > now that grasshopper has a scrpting component, i would really learn > > > how to script with vb.net or c# > > > i have good notions of vba (autocad) and some basic rhinoscript skills > > > could you indicate me a website where i could find tutorials, help > > > files on the .net language applied to rhino ? > > > one of the first things i'd like to try is making a paneling tool that > > > could populate a geometry with the cage edit function in rhino > > > thx a lot
