You'll have to use two sliders for now if you want to accomplish this
inside the Grasshopper UI. I do like the idea a lot (both the 2D and
3D sliders), and I'll try to implement it in a future version.

In the meantime, you /could/ also reference a point in Rhino, and use
the x-y-z components as a collection of number inputs.

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David Rutten
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On Jan 23, 6:19 am, postal256 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, that type of thing would work great I think. I forgot about that
> object.  It would need to be able to have the range for each direction
> set, as well as 3 outputs, and also to be 'live' like sliders are
> (instant feedback without letting up mouse button).
>
> Eric
>
> On Jan 22, 11:11 pm, Scott Crawford <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Or extrapolate that one further and you have something similar to the  
> > Color selection Cube in Grasshopper allowing the Z value to be brought  
> > in.
>
> > On Jan 22, 2009, at 9:04 PM, postal256 wrote:
>
> > > Not sure if 'matrix' is the right word, but I am imagining a tool that
> > > is a square tablet with (X,Y)/(-X,-Y) cross hair that allows you to
> > > control multiple outputs at one time.  For instance, if you wanted to
> > > rotate an object in 2 directions at once, you could set the 'X' of the
> > > matrix space to be 0-10 and control one rotation, while the 'Y' of the
> > > matrix board could be set to -10 to 5 and control another rotation.
> > > You simply drag a dot around on it.
>
> > > If it was implemented, it could have a dedicated X slider at the
> > > bottom of the matric and a dedicated Y on the side, so you could do
> > > independent moves if needed.
>
> > > Does this exist?  I could really use it on my current Grasshopper
> > > project.
>
> > > Eric

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