SIG GC november

Hi Karol,

Thank you very much for your interest!

Yes, I am working on the post-processing for both, the October and November SIGs.  I hope to get through both of them within the next few days and then submit them to the pipeline for being posted in the GC SIG learning path. 

Best regards,

     Volker

Just finished looking at the Nov SIG recording on Learn. Really recommend viewing this. The subject matter is in many ways something should be viewed a lot earlier than is currently is the practice for new users.

I think that the ability to use scripting instead of nodes for everything is something that should be encouraged as early as possible. Too easy to get stuck with too many nodes / transactions, resulting in a very slow user experience; and a useless 'spaghetti' graph. 

Question: it would be possible to consolidate / collapse multiple slider nodes into a 'local' Control Panel that would be placed to the right of or above  the main Function Node? GH graphs also suffer a bit from too many little sliders every where.

I think that the Show Controls tool lists all the input variables in the model, which is OK for those top level variables, but it would be good to have a node that is more 'local' to its 'code' node.

Also, what would be the code for building in the slider into the Function Node? Is there a way to code in the Resolution, SnapToTicks, Tickinterval, Ticksvisible functionality into GCscript?

When the user clicks on the Input Port (say for the NumberofPoints variable) the Slider Node drops down / pops-up.

Extra Credit: when a Slider Node is dragged on top of the Input Port; the Slider (or 'local' Control) Node is absorbed or 'docked' into the Function Node.

Possible Future Topics:

1. A session to review those tricks to do with the Model-based workflow. The use of the Ctrl modifier when placing the Point, automatically places the Point with a particular Technique (ByParameterAlongCurve). I think Ctrl-hovering over a Point in the modeling View Window when a variable in the Transaction Player, can also help auto-select stuff. What other hidden functionality is there? What happens if I drag a point onto a Surface or a Plane?

What about the vertices or edges of a 'raw' or non-GC element like a Solid or SmartSolid or ParametricSolid? Progenio seems to have to invest a lot of time extracting vertices etc information from Solids. It would be great to have some Nodes for this. Especially in a BIM production environment, the user will need to 'snap' to things that are not GC-generated.