I see your point about if there is a wire attached or not. I just jumped over to take some screenshots to illustrate my thought process when I have a bunch of components that are orange. Before this talk my first initial though was, OK which input on ALL of these orange components does not have a value, but I should be looking at the FIRST orange component in the stream first. Dang these noob eyes!
Sorry for being dense, it took a little bit, but I see your point more than I did before and have a better understanding of the big picture. Thanks. David Rutten wrote: > :) I think there already is a visual cue. If there's a wire attached > to a parameter, it gets its data from elsewhere. If not, then the data > is local. > It is of course also possible that the parameter has no data at all, > which will usually result in an orange component (only very few > parameters are optional). To me it makes much more sense to italicise > empty parameters, because the only way to find out they are empty is > to hover over them with the mouse. > > -- > David Rutten > [email protected] > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > > On Jan 27, 2:51 pm, opposablethumbs <[email protected]> wrote: > > So I get the feeling that you don't think a visual cue is a good idea? > > > > On Jan 27, 4:38 am, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The main purpose of the "Extract Parameter" feature is that local data > > > stored inside input parameters cannot be shared with anyone else. If > > > you've spend half an hour selecting 250 curves in the correct order > > > for a Loft operation, you'd probably like a way to duplicate that data > > > into a free-floating parameter so it can be separated from the Loft > > > Component logic. > > > > > -- > > > David Rutten > > > [email protected] > > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > > > On Jan 26, 7:59 pm, opposablethumbs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello David, > > > > > > The reason I thought it would be nice is that I find myself using a > > > > lot of components that are unnecessary because they could be assigned > > > > to an input via right click. > > > > After reading Fraguada's reply and yours I think I understand a dual > > > > purpose of using "extract parameter" in that if I assign a value via > > > > right click I can extract that parameter as a component to visually > > > > cue me that there is in fact an input going into the component. But > > > > like you said, expression aren't able to do this. > > > > > > Since I'm a novice I tend to over document definitions so I know > > > > what's doing what, I was thinking that this could help. > > > > Thanks for reading. > > > > > > On Jan 26, 1:34 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I can see the point of having a special display for expressions. But > > > > > you can tell that a parameter gets data from elsewhere if there's a > > > > > connecting wire. If there's not, the data is local. What more visual > > > > > feedback could you need? > > > > > > > -- > > > > > David Rutten > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > > > > > On Jan 26, 5:33 pm, fraguada <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I am not sure if it would be along similar lines, but perhaps the > > > > > > same > > > > > > thing if a value is being edited by an expression...the input > > > > > > somehow > > > > > > highlights...yeah, minor wish on my part as well... > > > > > > luis > > > > > > > > On Jan 26, 4:52 pm, opposablethumbs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hey David, > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure if this would be welcomed by all, but I was curious > > > > > > > if > > > > > > > you ever thought to somehow visually change a component's input > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > has a value assigned locally. > > > > > > > > > For example, if you have a component and instead of having another > > > > > > > component feeding into it's input you have assigned it by right > > > > > > > clicking the input and entering a value you could either have the > > > > > > > text > > > > > > > go bold, or change the color of the connector. > > > > > > > > > I hope this makes sense. > > > > > > > Thanks.
